Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2018

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.98.032703

Publication Title

Physical Review A

Volume

98

Issue

3

Pages

032703 (6 pages)

Abstract

We have experimentally investigated a catalysis effect in the resonant energy transfer between ultracold 85Rb Rydberg atoms. We studied the time dependence of the process, 34p + 34p → 34s + 35s, and observed an enhancement of 34s state population when 34d state atoms are added. We have also performed numerical model simulations, which are in qualitative agreement with experiment and indicate that the enhancement arises from a redistribution of p-state atoms due to the presence of the d-state atoms.

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Original Publication Citation

Win, A. L., Williams, W. D., Carroll, T. J., & Sukenik, C. I. (2018). Catalysis of stark-tuned interactions between ultracold Rydberg atoms. Physical Review A, 98(3), 032703. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.98.032703

ORCID

0000-0001-5025-2546 (Sukenik)

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