Density matrix reconstruction of three-level atoms via Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency

• Verfasst von: Gavryusev, Vladislav [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Signoles, Adrien [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ferreira Cao, Miguel [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Zürn, Gerhard [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hofmann, Christoph S. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Günter, Georg [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schempp, Hanna [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Robert-de-Saint-Vincent, Martin [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Whitlock, Shannon [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Weidemüller, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Density matrix reconstruction of three-level atoms via Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency
• Verf.angabe: V Gavryusev, A Signoles, M Ferreira-Cao, G Zürn, CS Hofmann, G Günter, H Schempp, M Robert-de-Saint-Vincent, S Whitlock and M Weidemüller
• E-Jahr: 2016
• Jahr: 22 July 2016
• Umfang: 9 S.
• Teil: volume:49
• Teil: year:2016
• Teil: number:16
• Teil: elocationid:164002
• Teil: pages:1-9
• Teil: extent:9
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 15.05.2020
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of physics / B
• Ort Quelle: Bristol : IOP Publ., 1968
• Jahr Quelle: 2016
• Band/Heft Quelle: 49(2016), 16, Artikel-ID 164002, Seite 1-9
• ISSN Quelle: 1361-6455
• DOI: doi:10.1088/0953-4075/49/16/164002
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1698320639

Abstract

We present combined measurements of the spatially resolved optical spectrum and the total excited-atom number in an ultracold gas of three-level atoms under electromagnetically induced transparency conditions involving high-lying Rydberg states. The observed optical transmission of a weak probe laser at the center of the coupling region exhibits a double peaked spectrum as a function of detuning, while the Rydberg atom number shows a comparatively narrow single resonance. By imaging the transmitted light onto a charge-coupled-device camera, we record hundreds of spectra in parallel, which are used to map out the spatial profile of Rabi frequencies of the coupling laser. Using all the information available we can reconstruct the full one-body density matrix of the three-level system, which provides the optical susceptibility and the Rydberg density as a function of spatial position. These results help elucidate the connection between three-level interference phenomena, including the interplay of matter and light degrees of freedom and will facilitate new studies of many-body effects in optically driven Rydberg gases.