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Spatially resolved observation of dipole-dipole interaction between cold Rydberg atoms
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Ben van Linden van den Heuvell |
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University of Amsterdam, NL |
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Experiments are performed on dipole-dipole interaction between cold Rydberg atoms, according to the scheme 41d+49s <-> 42p+49p. New is that the excitation of the 41d atoms is spatially separated from the excitation of the 49s atoms. The process is studied as a function of distance between the production volumes, time that the interaction occurs and exactness of the resonance condition. |