Role of mechanical effects on the excitation spectra of microwave-dressed Rydberg states in a cold atomic cloud

H. Failache, J. A. Muniz, L. Velazco +2

We explore the excitation spectra of cold 87Rb atoms to the 55D_3/2 Rydberg state in the presence of microwave (MW) radiation as a function of MW frequency. The spectra reveal seve…