• DocumentCode
    2258491
  • Title

    Optical ‘bistability’ with single atom absorbers

  • Author

    Kerckhoff, Joseph ; Armen, Michael A. ; Pavlichin, Dmitri S. ; Mabuchi, Hideo

  • Author_Institution
    Edward L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present observations of macroscopic switching of the optical field transmitted by a saturation-driven, single-atom cavity QED system induced by the atomic scattering of single photons.
  • Keywords
    atom optics; optical bistability; quantum electrodynamics; atomic scattering; macroscopic switching; optical field; optical instability; single atom absorbers; single photons; single-atom cavity QED system; Atom optics; Cavity resonators; Optical bistability; Optical resonators; Optical saturation; Optical switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951390
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2258491