Observation of the vacuum Rabi spectrum for one trapped atom

A. Boca, R. Miller, K. M. Birnbaum, A. D. Boozer, J. McKeever, H. J. Kimble

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Article number233603
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume93
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 3 2004
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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