Physics Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2008

Disciplines

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics | Physics

Abstract

We demonstrate Rabi oscillations of small numbers of 87Rb atoms between ground and Rydberg states with n≤43. Coherent population oscillations are observed for single atoms, while the presence of two or more atoms decoheres the oscillations. We show that these observations are consistent with van der Waals interactions of Rydberg atoms.

Share

COinS