Optical non-linearity in a dynamical Rydberg gas

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2011-02-03

arxiv.org/abs/1102.0669v2

J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 44, 184019 (2011)

Physics

Atomic Physics

11 pages, 5 figure

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-4075/44/18/184019

We use the technique of electro-magnetically induced transparency (EIT) to probe the effect of attractive dipole-dipole interactions in a highly excited Rydberg gas. The transient character of the EIT response is investigated by rapidly scanning the probe laser through resonance. We characterize the resulting cooperative optical non-linearity as a function of probe strength, density and scan direction. For the 58D$_{5/2}$ Rydberg state, an atom density of $1.6\times10^{10} $cm$^{-3}$ and a positive frequency scan we measure a third-order non-linearity of $\chi^{(3)}=5\times 10^{-7}$ m$^2$V$^{-2}$. For the reverse scan we observe a second order non-linearity of $\chi^{(2)}=5\times 10^{-6}$ mV$^{-1}$. The contrasting behaviour can be explained in terms of motional effects and resonant excitation of Rydberg pairs.

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