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Electric dipoles of Rydberg atoms prepared in a small volume interact very strongly with each other. At large interatomic distances r, they are coupled via the radiative dipole-dipole interaction (decreasing as 1/r), responsible for superradiance. At short distances (r of the order of a few Rydberg diameters), the 1/r3 Van der Waals interaction becomes dominant. It quenches the superradiant emission and induces in the optical and microwave domains strong spectral perturbations of the Rydberg transitions.
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Haroche, S., Vitrant, G., Raimond, JM. (1981). Rydberg-Rydberg Interactions in Dense Systems of Highly Excited Atoms. In: McKellar, A.R.W., Oka, T., Stoicheff, B.P. (eds) Laser Spectroscopy V. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38804-3_49
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