Coherent Optical Detection of Highly Excited Rydberg States Using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency
Coherent Optical Detection of Highly Excited Rydberg States Using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency
We demonstrate coherent optical detection of highly excited Rydberg states (up to $n=124$) using electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), providing a direct nondestructive probe of Rydberg energy levels. We show that the EIT spectra allow direct optical detection of electric field transients in the gas phase, and we extend measurements of …