Quantum jumps of light recording the birth and death of a photon in a cavity

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7133, 2007, Pages 297-300

  Gleyzes, Sébastien ^a   Kuhr, Stefan ^a,c   Guerlin, Christine ^a   Bernu, Julien ^a   Deléglise, Samuel ^a   Busk Hoff, Ulrich ^a   Brune, Michel ^a   Raimond, Jean Michel ^a   Haroche, Serge ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Perception et de l'Action   (France)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; INTERFEROMETER; ION; LIGHT; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; ELECTRON; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 33947271439     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05589     Document Type: Article

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