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Efficient excitation of Rydberg states in ultracold lithium-7 atoms

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This work is aimed at preparing highly excited optically cooled lithium-7 atoms for producing a strongly nonideal plasma and Rydberg matter. A setup implementing a novel nondestructive technique for preparation and diagnostics of highly excited Rydberg atomic states is constructed. The operation of this setup is based on the usage of a cw high-power ultraviolet laser combined with a magneto-optical trap. The diagnostics of highly excited states is performed by the direct recording of the variations in the fluorescence of ultracold lithium-7 atoms in the magneto-optical trap.

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  1. Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Izhorskaya 13/19, Moscow, 125412, Russia

    B. B. Zelener, S. A. Saakyan, V. A. Sautenkov, B. V. Zelener & V. E. Fortov

  2. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    B. B. Zelener & E. A. Manykin

  3. National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, pl. Akademika Kurcharova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    E. A. Manykin

  4. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    V. A. Sautenkov

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Original Russian Text © B.B. Zelener, S.A. Saakyan, V.A. Sautenkov, E.A. Manykin, B.V. Zelener, V.E. Fortov, 2014, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2014, Vol. 100, No. 6, pp. 408–412.

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Zelener, B.B., Saakyan, S.A., Sautenkov, V.A. et al. Efficient excitation of Rydberg states in ultracold lithium-7 atoms. Jetp Lett. 100, 366–370 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002136401418012X

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