Rydberg atomic force (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Rydberg atomic force

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Atoms in the optical lattice, trapped at a distance of 0.5 micron, are excited to the Rydberg state by the ultrafast excitation technique. Interaction between close Rydberg atoms results in the repulsive force.

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Takafumi Tomita (Kenji Ohmori group)

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