Generation of cold Rydberg atoms at submicron distances from an optical nanofiber

Krishnapriya Subramonian Rajasree, Tridib Ray, Kristoffer Karlsson +2

We report on a controllable, hybrid quantum system consisting of cold Rydberg atoms and an optical nanofiber interface. Using a two-photon ladder-type excitation in ${}^{87}$Rb, we d…