Abstract
We report on rubidium vapor-cell Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in a 0.7 T magnetic field where all involved levels are in the hyperfine Paschen-Back regime, and the Rydberg state exhibits a strong diamagnetic interaction. Signals from both and are present in the EIT spectra. Isotope-mixed Rb cells allow us to measure the field strength to within a % relative uncertainty. The measured spectra are in excellent agreement with the results of a Monte Carlo calculation and indicate unexpectedly large Rydberg-level dephasing rates. Line shifts and broadenings due to magnetic-field inhomogeneities are included in the model.
- Received 28 February 2017
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.061804
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