Laser system for rydberg gates based on tapered amplifier driven frequency doubler.

• Main Author: Oon, Fong En.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Atomic physics::Quantum theory; DRNTU::Science::Physics::Optics and light
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45173
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this thesis project, effort is concentrated on realizing a 480nm laser system which allows one to excite atoms into Rydberg states with principal quantum number n>>1 for quantum information processing experiment. A 960nm interference-stabilized external-cavity diode laser (ECDL) has been...