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AUTHOR
Fetah Benabid
Rydberg excitation of cold atoms inside a hollow core fiber
We report on a versatile, highly controllable hybrid cold Rydberg atom fiber interface, based on laser cooled atoms transported into a hollow core Kagom\'{e} crystal fiber. Our experiments are the first to demonstrate the feasibility of exciting cold Rydberg atoms inside a hollow core fiber and we study the influence of the fiber on Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) signals. Using a temporally resolved detection method to distinguish between excitation and loss, we observe two different regimes of the Rydberg excitations: one EIT regime and one regime dominated by atom loss. These results are a substantial advancement towards future use of our system for quantum simulat…
Taper à fibre optique microstructurée air/slice à dispersion modifiée pour une émission large bande et accordée autour de 2 µM par mélange à quatre ondes dégénérées
International audience; Ce travail rapporte la conception, la fabrication et la caractérisation d'une fibre optique mircrostructurée air/silice effilée permettant une conversion de fréquence large bande par le processus de mélange à quatre ondes vers le moyen infra-rouge. Nous démontrons expérimentalement une bande de gain paramétrique de près de 100 nm. Une utilisation envisagée de ce taper réside dans le développement de sources laser femtosecondes.
Rapid characterisation of Photonic Crystal Fibre dispersive properties by a stochastic and tunable picosecond pump source
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Higher-order dispersion parameters management in highly nonlinear photonic crystal fibers for far-detuned frequency conversion
International audience; In this communication we present results dealing with the precise management of dispersion coefficients into two highly nonlinear fiber structures (a tapered PCF and an all-solid fiber) for far-detuned frequency conversion towards 2µm.