Study on the decoherence rate of Rydberg polaritons induced by laser frequency fluctuations
Bongjune Kim1*, Ko-Tang Chen1, Chia-Yu Hsu1, Shih-Si Hsiao1, Yu-Chih Tseng1, Chin-Yuan Lee1, Shih-Lun Liang1, Yi-Hua Lai1, Ite A. Yu1,2
1Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2Center for Quantum Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan
* Presenter:Bongjune Kim, email:upfe11@gmail.com
In this presentation, we will report the development of our Rydberg-state EIT system which is aiming to achieve photon-photon interaction or qubit-qubit operation via strong dipole-dipole interaction between Rydberg-state atoms for quantum information manipulation. Unlike the Λ-type EIT configuration under the phase-lock or injection-lock scheme, decoherence rate induced by the frequency fluctuations of the coupling and probe lasers cannot be eliminated in the cascade-type configuration of Rydberg-state EIT. In our experiment, we applied Rydberg-EIT-based locking system with a hot vapor cell [1] to achieve a very low decoherence rate of the system for the generation of Rydberg polaritons. Under the locking method, we investigated our experiment system using slow light Measurement at n = 32 Rydberg state. According to the analytic formula we derived, we estimated the decoherence rate and the corresponding laser frequency fluctuation at various coupling Rabi frequencies.
[1] R. Abel, A. Mohapatra, M. Bason, J. Pritchard K. Weatherill, U Raitzsch, and C. Adams, Applied Physics Letters, 94, 0711107 (2009)
Keywords: Rydberg-state EIT, coherent effect, decoherence rate