Cavity QED with optically transported atoms
Abstract
Ultracold ^87Rb atoms are delivered into a high-finesse optical micro-cavity using a translating optical lattice trap and detected via the cavity field. Our cavity satisfies the strong-coupling requirements for a single intracavity atom, thus permitting real-time observation of single atoms transported into the cavity. We have recently conducted detailed studies of the optical trapping and transport mechanisms. Critical components of this system have been analyzed and improved.
- Publication:
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APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- May 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004APS..DMP.H3001F