Observation of the Borromean Three-Body Förster Resonances for Three Interacting Rb Rydberg Atoms

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Observation of the Borromean Three-Body Förster Resonances for Three Interacting Rb Rydberg Atoms. / Tretyakov, D. B.; Beterov, I. I.; Yakshina, E. A. et al.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 119, No. 17, 173402, 27.10.2017, p. 173402.

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title = "Observation of the Borromean Three-Body F{\"o}rster Resonances for Three Interacting Rb Rydberg Atoms",

abstract = "Three-body F{\"o}rster resonances at long-range interactions of Rydberg atoms were first predicted and observed in Cs Rydberg atoms by Faoro et al. [Nat. Commun. 6, 8173 (2015)NCAOBW2041-172310.1038/ncomms9173]. In these resonances, one of the atoms carries away an energy excess preventing the two-body resonance, leading thus to a Borromean type of F{\"o}rster energy transfer. But they were in fact observed as the average signal for the large number of atoms N1. In this Letter, we report on the first experimental observation of the three-body F{\"o}rster resonances 3×nP3/2(|M|)→nS1/2+(n+1)S1/2+nP3/2(|M∗|) in a few Rb Rydberg atoms with n=36, 37. We have found here clear evidence that there is no signature of the three-body F{\"o}rster resonance for exactly two interacting Rydberg atoms, while it is present for N=3-5 atoms. This demonstrates the assumption that three-body resonances can generalize to any Rydberg atom. As such resonance represents an effective three-body operator, it can be used to directly control the three-body interactions in quantum simulations and quantum information processing with Rydberg atoms.",

keywords = "STRONG-FIELD REGIME, COLLISIONS, GAS",

author = "Tretyakov, {D. B.} and Beterov, {I. I.} and Yakshina, {E. A.} and Entin, {V. M.} and Ryabtsev, {I. I.} and P. Cheinet and P. Pillet",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 American Physical Society.",

year = "2017",

month = oct,

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doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.173402",

language = "English",

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journal = "Physical Review Letters",

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AU - Beterov, I. I.

AU - Yakshina, E. A.

AU - Entin, V. M.

AU - Ryabtsev, I. I.

AU - Cheinet, P.

AU - Pillet, P.

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N2 - Three-body Förster resonances at long-range interactions of Rydberg atoms were first predicted and observed in Cs Rydberg atoms by Faoro et al. [Nat. Commun. 6, 8173 (2015)NCAOBW2041-172310.1038/ncomms9173]. In these resonances, one of the atoms carries away an energy excess preventing the two-body resonance, leading thus to a Borromean type of Förster energy transfer. But they were in fact observed as the average signal for the large number of atoms N1. In this Letter, we report on the first experimental observation of the three-body Förster resonances 3×nP3/2(|M|)→nS1/2+(n+1)S1/2+nP3/2(|M∗|) in a few Rb Rydberg atoms with n=36, 37. We have found here clear evidence that there is no signature of the three-body Förster resonance for exactly two interacting Rydberg atoms, while it is present for N=3-5 atoms. This demonstrates the assumption that three-body resonances can generalize to any Rydberg atom. As such resonance represents an effective three-body operator, it can be used to directly control the three-body interactions in quantum simulations and quantum information processing with Rydberg atoms.

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