This paper is a short introduction to Rydberg physics and quantum nonlinear optics using Rydberg atoms. It has been prepared as a compliment to a series of lectures delivered during the Latin American School of Physics “Marcos Moshinsky” 2017. We provide a short introduction to the properties of individual Rydberg atoms and discuss in detail how the interaction potential between Rydberg atom pairs is calculated. We then discuss how this interaction gives rise to the Rydberg blockade mechanism. With the aid of hallmark experiments in the field applications of the blockade for creating correlated quantum systems are discussed. Our aim is to give an overview of this exciting and rapidly evolving field. The interested reader is referred to original work and more comprehensive reviews and tutorials for further details on these subjects.
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18 April 2018
LATIN-AMERICAN SCHOOL OF PHYSICS MARCOS MOSHINSKY ELAF2017: Quantum Correlations
24 July–4 August 2017
Mexico City, Mexico
Research Article|
April 18 2018
Correlations between interacting Rydberg atoms
Asaf Paris-Mandoki;
Asaf Paris-Mandoki
b)
1
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
, Mexico City, Mexico
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Christoph Braun;
Christoph Braun
2
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark
, Odense, Denmark
3
Phys. Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart
, Germany
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Sebastian Hofferberth
Sebastian Hofferberth
a)
2
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark
, Odense, Denmark
a)Corresponding author: hofferberth@sdu.dk
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a)Corresponding author: hofferberth@sdu.dk
AIP Conf. Proc. 1950, 020001 (2018)
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Asaf Paris-Mandoki, Christoph Braun, Sebastian Hofferberth; Correlations between interacting Rydberg atoms. AIP Conf. Proc. 18 April 2018; 1950 (1): 020001. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5031690
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