Overview
- Reports a milestone advance in quantum optics
- Clearly describes both theoretical background and experimental realization
- Selected as an outstanding contribution by the University of Durham
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Rydberg Atom-Light Interactions
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Rydberg Atom-Light Interactions
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Observations of Cooperativity
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Rydberg Atom Quantum Optics
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Conclusions and Outlook
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About this book
This thesis describes the first demonstration of a cooperative optical non-linearity based on Rydberg excitation. Whereas in conventional non-linear optics the non-linearity arises directly from the interaction between light and matter, in a cooperative process it is mediated by dipole-dipole interactions between light-induced excitations. For excitation to high Rydberg states where the electron is only weakly bound, the dipole-dipole interactions are extremely large and long range, enabling an enormous enhancement of the non-linear effect. Consequently, cooperative non-linear optics using Rydberg excitations opens a new era for quantum optics enabling large single photon non-linearity to be accessible in free space for the first time. The thesis describes the theoretical underpinnings of the non- linear effect, the pioneering experimental results and implications for experiments in the single photon regime.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cooperative Optical Non-Linearity in a Blockaded Rydberg Ensemble
Authors: Jonathan D. Pritchard
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29712-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-29711-3Published: 17 May 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44305-3Published: 11 June 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-29712-0Published: 15 May 2012
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 158
Topics: Quantum Optics, Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory, Quantum Physics, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices