• DocumentCode
    2085976
  • Title

    Single photon generation "on demand" from a single trapped atom strongly coupled to an optical cavity

  • Author

    McKeever, J. ; Boca, A. ; Boozer, A.D. ; Miller, R. ; Kimble, H.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Norman Bridge Lab. of Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    21-21 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    560
  • Lastpage
    561
  • Abstract
    Optically trapped atoms in the strong coupling regime of cavity QED have been used to generate single photons deterministically. Referenced to the total cavity output, the generation efficiency for polarized photons is 16%
  • Keywords
    atom-photon collisions; light polarisation; quantum electrodynamics; quantum optics; radiation pressure; 16 percent; cavity QED; optical cavity; optically trapped atoms; polarized photons; single photon generation; strong coupling regime;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-778-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1366891