%0 Generic %1 Parigi2012Observation %A Parigi, Valentina %A Bimbard, Erwan %A Stanojevic, Jovica %A Hilliard, Andrew J. %A Nogrette, Florence %A Tualle-Brouri, Rosa %A Ourjoumtsev, Alexei %A Grangier, Philippe %D 2012 %K blockade, jclubdone, nonlinear-optics, rydberg %T Observation and measurement of "giant" dispersive optical non-linearities in an ensemble of cold Rydberg atoms %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.1948 %X We observe and measure dispersive optical non-linearities in an ensemble of cold Rydberg atoms placed inside an optical cavity. The experimental results are in agreement with a simple model where the optical non-linearities are due to the progressive appearance of a Rydberg blockaded volume within the medium. The measurements allow a direct estimation of the "blockaded fraction" of atoms within the atomic ensemble.

@misc{Parigi2012Observation, abstract = {{We observe and measure dispersive optical non-linearities in an ensemble of cold Rydberg atoms placed inside an optical cavity. The experimental results are in agreement with a simple model where the optical non-linearities are due to the progressive appearance of a Rydberg blockaded volume within the medium. The measurements allow a direct estimation of the "blockaded fraction" of atoms within the atomic ensemble.}}, added-at = {2019-02-26T15:22:34.000+0100}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, author = {Parigi, Valentina and Bimbard, Erwan and Stanojevic, Jovica and Hilliard, Andrew J. and Nogrette, Florence and Tualle-Brouri, Rosa and Ourjoumtsev, Alexei and Grangier, Philippe}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20b1777d3b7196871a8d57810b316b55a/rspreeuw}, citeulike-article-id = {11238915}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.1948}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/1209.1948}, day = 11, eprint = {1209.1948}, interhash = {e77506c81bdc164d55161f6be34c5da2}, intrahash = {0b1777d3b7196871a8d57810b316b55a}, keywords = {blockade, jclubdone, nonlinear-optics, rydberg}, month = sep, posted-at = {2012-09-13 13:28:17}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2019-02-26T15:22:34.000+0100}, title = {{Observation and measurement of "giant" dispersive optical non-linearities in an ensemble of cold Rydberg atoms}}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.1948}, year = 2012 }