Phys. Rev. A 58, R1657–R1660 (1998)Single-atom dynamics revealed by photon correlations
We have studied a single neutral atom stored in a magneto-optical trap by recording arrival times of fluorescence photons emitted by the atom. Photon correlations at nanosecond scales (Rabi oscillations), at microseconds (intensity and polarization correlations), and also at milliseconds (position correlations) reveal the dynamical behavior of the atomic excitation, of the atomic orientation, and of its transport in the trap at both the optical wavelength scale and the trap size. © 1998 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R1657
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R1657
PACS:
32.80.Pj, 42.50.Vk, 42.50.Ar
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