Coherent excitation of Rydberg atoms in an ultracold gas. Deiglmayr, J., Reetz-Lamour, M., Amthor, T., Westermann, S., de Oliveira, A. L., & Weidemueller, M. Optics Communications, 264(2):293–298, August, 2006.
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We demonstrate two schemes for the coherent excitation of Rydberg atoms in an ultracold gas of rubidium atoms employing the three-level ladder system 5S(1/2)-5P(3/2)-nl(j). In the first approach rapid adiabatic passage with pulsed laser fields yields Rydberg excitation probabilities of 90% in the center of the laser focus. In a second experiment two-photon Rydberg excitation with continuous-wave fields is applied which results in Rabi oscillations between the ground and Rydberg state. The experiments represent a prerequisite for the control of interactions in ultracold Rydberg gases and the application of ultracold Rydberg gases for quantum information processing. (c) 2006 Elsevier BV All rights reserved.
@article{deiglmayr_coherent_2006,
	title = {Coherent excitation of {Rydberg} atoms in an ultracold gas},
	volume = {264},
	issn = {0030-4018},
	doi = {10.1016/j.optcom.2006.02.058},
	abstract = {We demonstrate two schemes for the coherent excitation of Rydberg atoms   in an ultracold gas of rubidium atoms employing the three-level ladder   system 5S(1/2)-5P(3/2)-nl(j). In the first approach rapid adiabatic   passage with pulsed laser fields yields Rydberg excitation probabilities   of 90\% in the center of the laser focus. In a second experiment   two-photon Rydberg excitation with continuous-wave fields is applied   which results in Rabi oscillations between the ground and Rydberg state.   The experiments represent a prerequisite for the control of interactions   in ultracold Rydberg gases and the application of ultracold Rydberg   gases for quantum information processing. (c) 2006 Elsevier BV All   rights reserved.},
	number = {2},
	journal = {Optics Communications},
	author = {Deiglmayr, J. and Reetz-Lamour, M. and Amthor, T. and Westermann, S. and de Oliveira, A. L. and Weidemueller, M.},
	month = aug,
	year = {2006},
	pages = {293--298},
}

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