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Photon blockade in an optical cavity with one trapped atom

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  • K. M. Birnbaum

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • A. Boca

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • R. Miller

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • A. D. Boozer

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • T. E. Northup

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • H. J. Kimble

    (California Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Photon blockade for real The quantum optics phenomenon of photon blockade was predicted nearly a decade ago by analogy with Coulomb blockade of electron transport in small metallic and semiconductor structures. Now it has been demonstrated experimentally in a system involving a single atom trapped in an optical resonator within the setting of cavity quantum electrodynamics. Excitation of the atom–cavity system by a photon blocks transmission of a second photon, altering the statistics of a beam of light from random fluctuation to a more orderly photon stream. This is a landmark event in the field of quantum optics and laser science.

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  • K. M. Birnbaum & A. Boca & R. Miller & A. D. Boozer & T. E. Northup & H. J. Kimble, 2005. "Photon blockade in an optical cavity with one trapped atom," Nature, Nature, vol. 436(7047), pages 87-90, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:436:y:2005:i:7047:d:10.1038_nature03804
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03804
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