2010
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1837
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Strong interactions of single atoms and photons near a dielectric boundary

Abstract: Modern research in optical physics has achieved quantum control of strong interactions between a single atom and one photon within the setting of cavity quantum electrodynamics (cQED) 1 . However, to move beyond current proof-of-principle experiments involving one or two conventional optical cavities to more complex scalable systems that employ N 1 microscopic resonators 2 requires the localization of individual atoms on distance scales 100nm from a resonator's surface. In this regime an atom can be strongly c… Show more

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“…Typical cavity linewidth values are tens of MHz, which enables to reach the strong-coupling regime in experiments with falling atoms (Aoki et al, 2006) with C 20, a value comparable to those achieved in Fabry-Perot resonators. Unfortunately, the realization of a larger C seems difficult in these experiments as the atom would need to fly closer to the material where the attractive Van der Waals force would quickly pull the atom onto the surface (Alton et al, 2011). For the same reason, atom trapping has not been achieved with these whispering-gallery resonators so far, which hinders experiments that require long atomic coherence times or the simultaneous presence of several atoms.…”
Section: A Optical Resonator Designsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Typical cavity linewidth values are tens of MHz, which enables to reach the strong-coupling regime in experiments with falling atoms (Aoki et al, 2006) with C 20, a value comparable to those achieved in Fabry-Perot resonators. Unfortunately, the realization of a larger C seems difficult in these experiments as the atom would need to fly closer to the material where the attractive Van der Waals force would quickly pull the atom onto the surface (Alton et al, 2011). For the same reason, atom trapping has not been achieved with these whispering-gallery resonators so far, which hinders experiments that require long atomic coherence times or the simultaneous presence of several atoms.…”
Section: A Optical Resonator Designsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The tight confinement of light around ONFs Le , unique geometries provided by the fiber modes ; Reitz and Rauschenbeutel. (2012), low loss, and promise of improved atom-light interaction Alton et al (2011);Le Kien et al (2005b); ; Goban et al (2012); Wuttke et al (2012) have led to increased interest in the physics community. Optical micro-or nanofibers are used for sensing and detection Knight et al (1997); Nayak et al (2007), and coupling light to resonators Knight et al (1997); Kakarantzas et al (2002); Spillane et al (2003); Louyer et al (2005); Morrissey et al (2009);Fujiwara et al (2012), NV centers Schröder et al (2012), or photonic crystals Thompson et al (2013); Sadgrove et al (2013).…”
Section: Optical Nanofibers As Enablers Of High Cooperativity and Optmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The averaging over the coupling constant phase φ 12 could be visualized as an experimental setting in which the refractive index of the medium between cavity 1 and 2 changes between several measurements, e.g., due to changes in the concentration of a fluid filling this region. The averaging over a scattering constant φ 22 can be visualized as arising from different particle positions throughout the measurements [47].…”
Section: Reflection and Transmission Averaged Over Coupling And Scmentioning
confidence: 99%