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100 1 _aPritchard, Jonathan D.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCooperative Optical Non-Linearity in a Blockaded Rydberg Ensemble
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Jonathan D. Pritchard.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2012.
300 _aXIV, 159 p. 67 illus., 20 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
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490 1 _aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
_x2190-5053
505 0 _aRydberg Atoms -- Rydberg Atom Interactions -- Atom-Light Interactions -- Cooperative Phenomena -- Experiment Setup -- Results -- Photon Blockade -- Progress Towards a Single Blockade Sphere.
520 _aThis thesis describes the first demonstration of a cooperative optical non-linearity based on Rydberg excitation. Whereas in conventional non-linear optics the non-linearity arises directly from the interaction between light and matter, in a cooperative process it is mediated by dipole-dipole interactions between light-induced excitations. For excitation to high Rydberg states where the electron is only weakly bound, the dipole-dipole interactions are extremely large and long range, enabling an enormous enhancement of the non-linear effect. Consequently, cooperative non-linear optics using Rydberg excitations opens a new era for quantum optics enabling large single photon non-linearity to be accessible in free space for the first time. The thesis describes the theoretical underpinnings of the non- linear effect, the pioneering experimental results and implications for experiments in the single photon regime.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aQuantum theory.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aQuantum Optics.
650 2 4 _aNonlinear Dynamics.
650 2 4 _aQuantum Physics.
650 2 4 _aOptics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29712-0
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