• DocumentCode
    2074746
  • Title

    Control of refractive index and motion of a single atom by quantum interference

  • Author

    Kampschulte, T. ; Alt, W. ; Brakhane, S. ; Eckstein, M. ; Martinez-Dorantes, M. ; Reimann, R. ; Widera, A. ; Meschede, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Univ. Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-26 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    The properties of an optically probed atomic medium can be changed dramatically by coherent interaction with a near-resonant control light field. The authors present experimental results on the elementary case of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) with a single neutral atom inside an optical cavity probed by a weak field. The modification of the dispersive and absorptive properties of a single atom by changing the frequency of the control light field in the off-resonant regime is observed.
  • Keywords
    laser cooling; optical variables control; quantum optics; refractive index; coherent interaction; electromagnetically induced transparency; near-resonant control light field; optical cavity; optically probed atomic medium; quantum interference; refractive index; single atom motion; Detectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0533-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    Pending
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943299
  • Filename
    5943299