DocumentCode
2080276
Title
Excitation suppression in an ultracold rydberg gas due to a local van der waals blockade
Author
Eyler, E.E. ; Farooqi, S.M. ; Tong, D. ; Stanojevic, Jovica ; Krishnan, S. ; Zhang, Y.P. ; Côte, R. ; Gould, P.L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT
fYear
2004
fDate
21-21 May 2004
Firstpage
121
Lastpage
122
Abstract
We observe an excitation suppression effect due to van der Waals interactions between ultracold Rydberg atoms. The observed dependence of this effect on sample density suggests a viable blockade mechanism for realizing quantum gates
Keywords
Rydberg states; laser cooling; van der Waals forces; Rydberg gas; excitation suppression; local van der Waals blockade; quantum gates; sample density; ultracold gas; van der Waals interactions;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-778-4
Type
conf
Filename
1366673
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