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Frontiers in Optics

Formation of Rydberg Atoms near an Optical Nanofiber

Krishnapriya Subramonian Rajasree, Tridib Ray, Kristoffer Karlsson, Síle Nic Chormaic

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

An optical nanofiber is overlapped with a magneto-optical trap in order to investigate formation and characteristics of Rydberg atoms near a dielectric surface. Formation of Rydberg atoms was confirmed and atom loss rates were determined.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2019.jw3a.34

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