Conditional dynamics induced by new configurations for Rydberg dipole-dipole interactions

E. Brion, A. S. Mouritzen, K. Mølmer
2007 Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics  
We suggest a novel way to use strong Rydberg dipole-dipole interactions in order to induce non-trivial conditional dynamics in individual-atom systems and mesoscopic ensembles. Contrary to previous works, we suggest to excite atoms into different Rydberg states, which results in a potentially richer dynamical behaviour. Specifically, we investigate systems of individual hydrogen-like atoms or mesoscopic ensembles excited into high-lying hydrogen-like s, p or d states and show how to perform
more » ... e-qubit conditional dynamics on the information they contain through a proper use of dipole-dipole interaction induced energy shifts.
doi:10.1103/physreva.76.022334 fatcat:sxlh4dkknzh67nefytrpyzb4qm