Observation of strong coupling between one atom and a monolithic microresonator

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7112, 2006, Pages 671-674

  Aoki, Takao ^a,c   Dayan, Barak ^a   Wilcut, E ^a   Bowen, W P ^a,d   Parkins, A S ^a,e   Kippenberg, T J ^b,f   Vahala, K J ^b   Kimble, H J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENERGY GAP; LITHOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; QUANTUM THEORY;

COOPER PAIRS; FABRY PEROT RESONATORS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP CAVITIES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

QUANTUM DOT;

CESIUM; COUPLING; ELECTRODYNAMICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OBSERVATION; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCONDUCTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 33749868313     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05147     Document Type: Article

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