Abstract
The measurements of the spectral response of single atoms that are trapped and strongly coupled to the field of a high finesse optical resonator were described. A complete probe spectrum for one-and-the-same atom was recorded by alternating intervals of probe measurement and of atomic cooling. The vacuum Rabi splitting is thereby measured in a quantitative fashion for each atom by way of a protocol that represents a first step towards more complex tasks in quantum information science. The spectra contain detailed quantitative information about the coherent coupling and far-off-resonance trap (FORT) shifts for each atom and the information indicates that the coupling is in a narrow range of near-maximal values.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 233603 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 93 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 3 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)