Title :
Excitation suppression in an ultracold rydberg gas due to a local van der waals blockade
Author :
Eyler, E.E. ; Farooqi, S.M. ; Tong, D. ; Stanojevic, Jovica ; Krishnan, S. ; Zhang, Y.P. ; Côte, R. ; Gould, P.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT
Abstract :
We observe an excitation suppression effect due to van der Waals interactions between ultracold Rydberg atoms. The observed dependence of this effect on sample density suggests a viable blockade mechanism for realizing quantum gates
Keywords :
Rydberg states; laser cooling; van der Waals forces; Rydberg gas; excitation suppression; local van der Waals blockade; quantum gates; sample density; ultracold gas; van der Waals interactions;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
