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Title: Deterministic Loading of Individual Atoms to a High-Finesse Optical Cavity

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0430 (United States)

Individual laser-cooled atoms are delivered on demand from a single atom magneto-optic trap to a high-finesse optical cavity using an atom conveyor. Strong coupling of the atom with the cavity field allows simultaneous cooling and detection of individual atoms for time scales exceeding 15 s. The single atom scatter rate is studied as a function of probe-cavity detuning and probe Rabi frequency, and the experimental results are in qualitative agreement with theoretical predictions. We demonstrate the ability to manipulate the position of a single atom relative to the cavity mode with excellent control and reproducibility.

OSTI ID:
20951466
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, Issue 23; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.233601; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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