Observation of Rydberg blockade between two atoms

We demonstrate experimentally that a single Rb atom excited to the $79d_{5/2}$ level blocks the subsequent excitation of a second atom located more than $10 μ\rm m$ away. The observed probability of double excitation of $\sim 30$ is consistent with a theoretical model based on calculations of the long range dipole-dipole interaction between atoms.

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