Published December 13, 1999 | Version Accepted Version + Published
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Trapping of Single Atoms in Cavity QED

Abstract

By integrating the techniques of laser cooling and trapping with those of cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED), single cesium atoms have been trapped within the mode of a small, high finesse optical cavity in a regime of strong coupling. The observed lifetime for individual atoms trapped within the cavity mode is τ≈28 ms, and is limited by fluctuations of light forces arising from the far-detuned intracavity field. This initial realization of trapped atoms in cavity QED should enable diverse protocols in quantum information science.

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© 1999 The American Physical Society. Received 2 August 1999. We enthusiastically acknowledge the contributions of C. J. Hood, T. W. Lynn, and H. Mabuchi. This work was funded by the NSF, by DARPA via the QUIC (Quantum Information and Computing) program administered by ARO, by the ONR, and by HP Research Labs.

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NSF
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
HP Labs

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