Photon blockade in an optical cavity with one trapped atom

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7047, 2005, Pages 87-90

  Birnbaum, K M ^a   Boca, A ^a   Miller, R ^a   Boozer, A D ^a   Northup, T E ^a   Kimble, H J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COULOMB BLOCKADE; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATOM-CAVITY COUPLING; LASER PHYSICS; PHOTON-PHOTON INTERACTIONS; THERMAL ENERGY;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; DEVICE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON; ENERGY; LASER; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; PHOTON; PHYSICS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 22044442023     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03804     Document Type: Article

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