TY - JOUR
AU - Jun Ye
AU - D. Vernooy
AU - H. Kimble
AB - By integrating the techniques of laser cooling and trapping with those of cavity quantum
electrodynamics (QED), single cesium atoms have been trapped within the mode of a small, high
finesse optical cavity in a regime of strong coupling. The observed lifetime for individual atoms
trapped within the cavity mode is t ~ 28 ms, and is limited by fluctuations of light forces arising from
the far-detuned intracavity field. This initial realization of trapped atoms in cavity QED should enable
diverse protocols in quantum information science.
BT - Physical Review Letters
DA - 1999-12
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4987
N2 - By integrating the techniques of laser cooling and trapping with those of cavity quantum
electrodynamics (QED), single cesium atoms have been trapped within the mode of a small, high
finesse optical cavity in a regime of strong coupling. The observed lifetime for individual atoms
trapped within the cavity mode is t ~ 28 ms, and is limited by fluctuations of light forces arising from
the far-detuned intracavity field. This initial realization of trapped atoms in cavity QED should enable
diverse protocols in quantum information science.
PY - 1999
SP - 4987
EP - 4990
T2 - Physical Review Letters
TI - Trapping of Single Atoms in Cavity QED
VL - 83
SN - 0031-9007
ER -