Dynamical Crystallization in the Dipole Blockade of Ultracold Atoms

T. Pohl, E. Demler, and M. D. Lukin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 043002 – Published 27 January 2010
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Abstract

We describe a method for controlling many-body states in extended ensembles of Rydberg atoms, forming crystalline structures during laser excitation of a frozen atomic gas. Specifically, we predict the existence of an excitation-number staircase in laser excitation of atomic ensembles into Rydberg states. It is shown that such ordered states can be selectively excited by chirped laser pulses, and, via quantum state transfer from atoms to light, be used to create crystalline photonic states.

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  • Received 26 July 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.043002

©2010 American Physical Society

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T. Pohl1,2, E. Demler2,3, and M. D. Lukin2,3

  • 1Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01187 Dresden, Germany
  • 2ITAMP-Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge Massachusetts 02138, USA
  • 3Physics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts 02138, USA

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Vol. 104, Iss. 4 — 29 January 2010

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