Analyzing the collective emission of a Rydberg-blockaded single-photon source based on an ensemble of thermal atoms

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.03937v3
• Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:57:49 GMT
• Title: Analyzing the collective emission of a Rydberg-blockaded single-photon source based on an ensemble of thermal atoms
• Authors: Jan A. P. Reuter, Max M\"ausezahl, Felix Moumtsilis, Tilman Pfau, Tommaso Calarco, Robert L\"ow, Matthias M. M\"uller
• Abstract summary: We numerically study the feasibility of a single-photon source in a hot vapor of Rubidium atoms in a micro cell. For the excitation process with three rectangular lasers pulses, we simulate the coherent dynamics of the system in a truncated Hilbert space. We find that the collective decay of the single-excitation leads to a fast and directed photon emission and further, that a pulse sequence similar to a spin echo increases the directionality of the photon.
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• Abstract: An ensemble of Rubidum atoms can be excited with lasers such that it evolves into an entangled state with just one collective excitation within the Rydberg blockade radius. The decay of this state leads to the emission of a single, antibunched photon. For a hot vapor of Rubidium atoms in a micro cell we numerically study the feasibility of such a single-photon source under different experimental conditions like the atomic density distribution and the choice of electronic states addressed by the lasers. For the excitation process with three rectangular lasers pulses, we simulate the coherent dynamics of the system in a truncated Hilbert space. We investigate the radiative behavior of the moving Rubidum atoms and optimize the laser pulse sequence accordingly. We find that the collective decay of the single-excitation leads to a fast and directed photon emission and further, that a pulse sequence similar to a spin echo increases the directionality of the photon. Finally, we analyze the residual double-excitations and find that they do not exhibit these collective decay properties and play only a minor deleterious role.

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