Time-domain Ramsey interferometry with interacting Rydberg atoms
Abstract
We theoretically investigate the dynamics of a gas of strongly interacting Rydberg atoms subject to a time-domain Ramsey interferometry protocol. The many-body dynamics is governed by an Ising-type Hamiltonian with long-range interactions of tunable strength. We analyze and model the contrast degradation and phase accumulation of the Ramsey signal and identify scaling laws for varying interrogation times, ensemble densities, and ensemble dimensionalities.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- November 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.053607
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1604.02314
- Bibcode:
- 2016PhRvA..94e3607S
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases;
- Physics - Atomic Physics;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- 16 pages, 3 figures