Strong interactions of single atoms and photons near a dielectric boundary

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-165

  Alton, D J ^a   Stern, N P ^a   Aoki, Takao ^b   Lee, H ^c   Ostby, E ^c   Vahala, K J ^c   Kimble, H J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; EVANESCENT FIELDS; PHOTONS; RESONATORS;

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; DIELECTRIC BOUNDARY; OPTICAL CAVITIES; PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENTS; QUANTUM CONTROL; RADIATIVE INTERACTIONS; REAL-TIME DETECTION; STRONG INTERACTION;

ATOMS;

EID: 79551648928     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1837     Document Type: Article

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