Reversible state transfer between light and a single trapped atom

2007/01/01 by A. D. Boozer, A. Boca, Ryan Miller +2 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Computer Science · #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

paper · doi:10.1364/cqo.2007.jwc3

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Abstract

We demonstrate reversible mapping of a coherent state of light to and from the hyperfine states of an atom trapped within a high finesse optical cavity, a significant step towards cavity-QED based quantum networks.

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