Dark-time decay of the retrieval efficiency of light stored as a Rydberg excitation in a noninteracting ultracold gas
Steffen Schmidt, Thomas Stolz, Gerhard Rempe, Stephan Dürr
Abstract
A comprehensive analysis of photon storage in a Rydberg state of ultracold ${}^{87}$Rb gas based on electromagnetically induced transparency is performed both experimentally and theoretically. The theoretical model shows that the retrieval efficiency is related to the decay of fringe visibility in Ramsey spectroscopy.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsElectromagnetically induced transparencyDephasingAtomic physicsRecoilRydberg formulaXenonExcited stateExcitationPhotonAtom (system on chip)Dark stateOpticsQuantum mechanicsIonizationComputer scienceIonEmbedded systemQuantum optics and atomic interactionsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research