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[LSC8-02(Invited)] High Density Rydberg Gas Produced by Picosecond Laser Pulses Toward Ultrafast Quantum Simulation

*Takuya Matsubara¹, Seiji Sugawa^1,2,3, Vikas Singh Chauhan¹, Vineet Bharti¹, Arnab Maity^1,4, Tirumalasetty Panduranga Mahesh^1,2, Takafumi Tomita^1,2, Sylvain de Léséleuc^1,2, Kenji Ohmori^1,2 (1. Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 2. SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 3. Department of Basic Science, The University of Tokyo, 4. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata)

We generated a high-density Rydberg gas of ultracold ⁸⁷Rb atoms by ultrafast excitation using an improved picosecond pulse laser system, toward ultrafast quantum simulation of spin-motion system grounded on Rydberg crystal.