Rydberg Molecules and Polarons in Ultracold Strontium Gases

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dc.contributor.advisorKillian, Thomas C
dc.creatorCamargo, Francisco
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T20:17:46Z
dc.date.available2019-05-16T20:17:46Z
dc.date.created2017-08
dc.date.issued2017-08-07
dc.date.submittedAugust 2017
dc.date.updated2019-05-16T20:17:46Z
dc.description.abstractIn this work I describe the excitation spectra of Rydberg atoms in ultracold gases of strontium and their decay mechanisms. In a few-body regime, we observe a highly structured spectrum re ecting excitation of ultralong-range molecules consisting of one or more ground-state atoms bound to the Rydberg core in potential wells formed by the Rydbergelectron wave function. In a many-body regime, with hundreds of ground-state atoms within the Rydberg orbital, the Rydberg atoms can be viewed as an impurity in a quantum gas, connecting to important concepts in condensed matter physics. The spectrum for impurity excitation displays signatures of polaronic states, in which the Rydberg atom signi cantly perturbs the density of the background gas. Additionally, decay channels of Rydberg excitations are examined by monitoring the time evolution of Rydberg populations. The measured lifetimes reveal new information on the decay processes of Rydberg molecules and place limits on the time scales over which studies involving Rydberg species in cold, dense atomic gases can be undertaken and limit the coherence times for such measurements.
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dc.identifier.citationCamargo, Francisco. "Rydberg Molecules and Polarons in Ultracold Strontium Gases." (2017) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105495">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105495</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105495
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectstrontium
dc.subjectatoms
dc.subjectultracold
dc.subjectgas
dc.subjectBEC
dc.subjectpolaron
dc.subjectrydberg
dc.subjectmolecule
dc.titleRydberg Molecules and Polarons in Ultracold Strontium Gases
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics and Astronomy
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
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