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Title: Superradiance in ultracold Rydberg gases

Abstract

Experiments in dense, ultracold gases of rubidium Rydberg atoms show a considerable decrease of the radiative excited state lifetimes compared to dilute gases. This accelerated decay is explained by collective and cooperative effects, leading to superradiance. A formalism to calculate effective decay times in a dense Rydberg gas shows that for these atoms the decay into nearby levels increases by up to three orders of magnitude. Excellent agreement between theory and experiment follows from this treatment of Rydberg decay behavior.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 (United States)
  2. (United States)
  3. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
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OSTI Identifier:
20982393
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Journal Article
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Journal Name: Physical Review. A; Journal Volume: 75; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.033802; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ATOMS; DECAY; GASES; LIFETIME; PHOTON-ATOM COLLISIONS; RUBIDIUM; RYDBERG STATES; SUPERRADIANCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0000-0013 K

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Wang, T., Cote, R., Eyler, E. E., Farooqi, S. M., Gould, P. L., Tong, D., Yelin, S. F., Kostrun, M., ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and Vrinceanu, D. Superradiance in ultracold Rydberg gases. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.033802.
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Wang, T., Cote, R., Eyler, E. E., Farooqi, S. M., Gould, P. L., Tong, D., Yelin, S. F., Kostrun, M., ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, & Vrinceanu, D. Superradiance in ultracold Rydberg gases. United States. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.033802.
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Wang, T., Cote, R., Eyler, E. E., Farooqi, S. M., Gould, P. L., Tong, D., Yelin, S. F., Kostrun, M., ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and Vrinceanu, D. Thu . "Superradiance in ultracold Rydberg gases". United States. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.033802.
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@article{osti_20982393,
title = {Superradiance in ultracold Rydberg gases},
author = {Wang, T. and Cote, R. and Eyler, E. E. and Farooqi, S. M. and Gould, P. L. and Tong, D. and Yelin, S. F. and Kostrun, M. and ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 and Vrinceanu, D.},
abstractNote = {Experiments in dense, ultracold gases of rubidium Rydberg atoms show a considerable decrease of the radiative excited state lifetimes compared to dilute gases. This accelerated decay is explained by collective and cooperative effects, leading to superradiance. A formalism to calculate effective decay times in a dense Rydberg gas shows that for these atoms the decay into nearby levels increases by up to three orders of magnitude. Excellent agreement between theory and experiment follows from this treatment of Rydberg decay behavior.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.033802},
journal = {Physical Review. A},
number = 3,
volume = 75,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}
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DOI:  10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.033802
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