Atom Counting Statistics in Ensembles of Interacting Rydberg Atoms Export

@article{Liebisch2005, abstract = {We show that the probability distributions for the number of Rydberg excitations in small ensembles of cold atoms, excited using short (100\ ns) laser pulses, can be highly sub-Poissonian. The phenomenon occurs if the atom density and the principal quantum number of the excited Rydberg level are sufficiently high. Our observations are attributed to a blockade of the Rydberg atom excitation.}, author = {Liebisch, Cubel T. and Reinhard, A. and Berman, P. R. and Raithel, G.}, citeulike-article-id = {3505841}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.253002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000095000025253002000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.253002}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {blockade, dipole, file-import-08-11-12, rydberg}, number = {25}, posted-at = {2008-11-12 13:11:46}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Atom Counting Statistics in Ensembles of Interacting Rydberg Atoms}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.253002}, volume = {95}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - Liebisch2005 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3505841 N2 - We show that the probability distributions for the number of Rydberg excitations in small ensembles of cold atoms, excited using short (100 ns) laser pulses, can be highly sub-Poissonian. The phenomenon occurs if the atom density and the principal quantum number of the excited Rydberg level are sufficiently high. Our observations are attributed to a blockade of the Rydberg atom excitation. IS - 25 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Atom Counting Statistics in Ensembles of Interacting Rydberg Atoms PB - APS VL - 95 KW - blockade KW - dipole KW - file-import-08-11-12 KW - rydberg AU - Liebisch, Cubel AU - Reinhard, A AU - Berman, PR AU - Raithel, G PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.253002 ER -