Title :
The single atom laser: a quantized Rabi oscillator
Author :
Kyungwon An ; Changhuei Yang ; Dasari ; Feld
Author_Institution :
G.R. Harrison Spectrosc. Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We have recently developed the first working single-atom microlaser in which coherent light is generated by means of the interaction of a single two-level atom with a single mode of the radiation field. The photon generation process follows the Jaynes-Cummings model, and photon buildup is initiated by vacuum Rabi oscillations, not by spontaneous emission as in conventional lasers. We measured the mean photon number in the cavity (n) as a function of the average number of atoms present there . Laser oscillation was observed with as small as 0.1, resulting in (n) of 0.1.
Keywords :
lasers; quantum optics; Jaynes-Cummings model; cavity mode; coherent light; microlaser; photon number; quantized Rabi oscillator; radiation field; single atom laser; two-level atom; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Fourier transforms; Frequency; Optical polymers; Oscillators; Signal analysis; Solids; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1996. QELS '96., Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-444-0
