摘要
Motivated by experimental advances that the collective excitation of two Rydberg atoms was observed, we provide an elaborate theoretical study for the dynamical behavior of two-atom Rabi oscillations. In the large-intermediate-detuning case, the two-photon Rabi oscillation is found to be significantly affected by the strength of the interatomic van der Waals interaction. With a careful comparison of the exact numbers and values of the oscillation frequency, we propose a new way to determine the strength of excitation blockade, agreeing well with the previous universal criterion for full, partial, and no blockade regions. In the small-intermediate-detuning case, we find a blockade-like effect, but the collective enhancement factor is smaller than ^(1/2) due to the quantum interference of double optical transitions involving the intermediate state.Moreover, a fast two-photon Rabi oscillation in ns timescale is manifested by employing intense lasers with an intensity of ~MW/cm^2, offering a possibility of ultrafast control of quantum dynamics with Rydberg atoms.
Motivated by experimental advances that the collective excitation of two Rydberg atoms was observed, we provide an elaborate theoretical study for the dynamical behavior of two-atom Rabi oscillations. In the large-intermediate-detuning case, the two-photon Rabi oscillation is found to be significantly affected by the strength of the interatomic van der Waals interaction. With a careful comparison of the exact numbers and values of the oscillation frequency, we propose a new way to determine the strength of excitation blockade, agreeing well with the previous universal criterion for full, partial, and no blockade regions. In the small-intermediate-detuning case, we find a blockade-like effect, but the collective enhancement factor is smaller than ^(1/2) due to the quantum interference of double optical transitions involving the intermediate state.Moreover, a fast two-photon Rabi oscillation in ns timescale is manifested by employing intense lasers with an intensity of ~MW/cm^2, offering a possibility of ultrafast control of quantum dynamics with Rydberg atoms.
作者
马丹丹
张可烨
钱静
Dan-Dan Ma;Ke-Ye Zhang;Jing Qian
基金
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11474094,11104076,and 11574086)
the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality,China(Grant Nos.18ZR1412800 and 16QA1401600)
the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education,China(Grant No.20110076120004)
