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This 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.

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• Full title: Cooperative Optical Non-Linearity in a Blockaded Rydberg Ensemble
• Author: Jonathan D. Pritchard
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 158
• EAN: 9783642297113
• ISBN: 3642297110
• ID: 01661001
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 424 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. May 2012

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