Description
This work reports on the observation of superradiance decoherence caused by long-range dipole-dipole interactions between Rydberg atoms. A cold atom cloud is prepared in the mode volume of a weakly driven optical cavity, and excited to a Rydberg state. The cavity transmission monitors the Rydberg dynamics in real-time and detects superradiant enhancement of the transition rates between neighboring Rydberg states. The observed enhancement is reduced for increasing Rydberg atom density: a signature of atom pair-interactions. The observations are explained within a model based on the idea of Rydberg blockade reducing the atom number participating in the Dicke state, responsible for superradiance.
| Presenter name | Elmer Suarez |
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Primary authors
Mr
Elmer Suarez
(Center for Quantum Science and Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen)
Mr
Philip Wolf
(Center for Quantum Science and Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen)
Dr
Patrizia Weiss
(Center for Quantum Science and Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen)
Prof.
Sebastian Slama
(Center for Quantum Science and Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen)
