Photon burst detection of single atoms in an optical cavity

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 480-484

  Terraciano, M L ^a   Olson Knell, R ^a   Norris, D G ^a   Jing, J ^a   Fernandez A ^b   Orozco, L A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORWARD SCATTERING; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

ATOM-CAVITY COUPLING; COINCIDENCE MEASUREMENT; DIRECT DETECTION; FALSE DETECTIONS; HIGH QUALITY OPTICS; OPTICAL CAVITIES; QUANTUM INFORMATION; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS;

ATOMS;

EID: 67651005637     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1282     Document Type: Article

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