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A: Fachverband Atomphysik

A 25: Ultra-cold plasmas and Rydberg systems I

A 25.6: Talk

Thursday, March 17, 2011, 18:00–18:15, BAR 106

Excitation and entanglement transport in a flexible rydberg chain — •Sebastian Möbius, Sebastian Wüster, Cenap Ates, Alexander Eisfeld, and Jan-Michael Rost — Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, 01187 Dresden

In a regular, flexible chain of Rydberg atoms, a single electronic excitation localizes on two atoms that are in closer mutual proximity than all others. We show how the interplay between excitonic and atomic motion causes electronic excitation and diatomic proximity to propagate through the Rydberg chain as a combined pulse. In this manner entanglement is transferred adiabatically along the chain, reminiscent of momentum transfer in Newton’s cradle[1].

[1] S. Wüster, C. Ates, A. Eisfeld and J.-M. Rost, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 053004 (2010)