Quantum manipulation and measurement of single atoms in optical cavity QED

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 608-612

  Ye, Jun ^a   Hood, Christina J ^a   Lynn, Theresa ^a   Mabuchi, Hideo ^a   Vernooy, David W ^a   Jeff Kimble, H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic physics; Cavity QED; Cooling and trapping; Measurement; Quantum measurement; Real time observation; Strong coupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001539722     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.769669     Document Type: Article

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