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Cooperative Optical Non-Linearity in a Blockaded Rydberg Ensemble

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In the previous chapter photon blockade was considered to illustrate the ability to realise non-classical states of light using the strong dipole–dipole interactions of the Rydberg states.

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Pritchard, J.D. (2012). Progress Towards a Single Blockade Sphere. In: Cooperative Optical Non-Linearity in a Blockaded Rydberg Ensemble. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29712-0_9

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