The atom-cavity microscope: Single atoms bound in orbit by single photons

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5457, 2000, Pages 1447-1453

  Hood, C J ^a   Lynn, T W ^a   Doherty, A C ^b   Parkins, A S ^b   Kimble, H J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIMULATION; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034712128     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5457.1447     Document Type: Article

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