Control of rubidium low-lying Rydberg states with trichromatic femtosecond π pulses for ultrafast quantum information processing

I. J. Afa, J. L. Font, and C. Serrat
Phys. Rev. A 96, 053843 – Published 20 November 2017

Abstract

We propose an ultrafast femtosecond time scale trichromatic π-pulse illumination scheme for coherent excitation and manipulation of low-lying Rydberg states in rubidium. Selective population of nP3/2 levels with principal quantum numbers n12 using 75-fs laser pulses is achieved. The density-matrix equations of a four-level ladder system beyond the rotating-wave approximation have to be solved to clarify the balance between the principal quantum numbers, the duration of the laser pulses, and the associated ac-Stark effects for the fastest optimal excitation. The mechanism is robust for femtosecond control using different level configurations for applications in ultrafast quantum information processing and spectroscopy.

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  • Received 9 May 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.053843

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Quantum Information, Science & TechnologyAtomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

I. J. Afa, J. L. Font, and C. Serrat*

  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Colom 11, 08222 Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain

  • *carles.serrat-jurado@upc.edu

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Vol. 96, Iss. 5 — November 2017

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