Emergence of Spatial Spin-Wave Correlations in a Cold Atomic Gas

• DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.133602
• Publication Date: 2012-09-28T19:08:52Z
• Authors: Y. O. Dudin; F. Bariani; A. Kuzmich
• Keywords: Dephasing; Rydberg state

Rydberg spin-waves are optically excited in a quasi-one-dimensional atomic sample of Rb atoms. Pairwise spin-wave correlations observed by spatially selective transfer the quantum state onto light field and photoelectric correlation measurements light. The interpreted terms dephasing multiply long-range interactions.