Microwave dressing of 87Rb Rydberg atoms strengthens effective interactions, lowering the photon-correlation g(2)(0) and increasing the blockade radius in an ensemble single-photon source.
Single Photon Transistor Mediated by Inter-State Rydberg Interaction
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We report on the realization of an all-optical transistor by mapping gate and source photons into strongly interacting Rydberg excitations with different principal quantum numbers in an ultracold atomic ensemble. We obtain a record switch contrast of 40 % for a coherent gate input with mean photon number one and demonstrate attenuation of source transmission by over 10 photons with a single gate photon. We use our optical transistor to demonstrate the nondestructive detection of a single Rydberg atom with a fidelity of 0.72(4).
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Enhancement of Rydberg Blockade via Microwave Dressing
Microwave dressing of 87Rb Rydberg atoms strengthens effective interactions, lowering the photon-correlation g(2)(0) and increasing the blockade radius in an ensemble single-photon source.