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Phys. Rev. A 69, 043805 (2004) [8 pages]

Transmission spectrum of an optical cavity containing N atoms

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Sabrina Leslie1,2, Neil Shenvi2, Kenneth R. Brown2, Dan M. Stamper-Kurn1, and K. Birgitta Whaley2
1Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
2Department of Chemistry and Kenneth S. Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Received 24 October 2003; published 6 April 2004

The transmission spectrum of a high-finesse optical cavity containing an arbitrary number of trapped atoms is presented in the zero-temperature, low saturation limit. We take spatial and motional effects into account and show that in the limit of strong coupling, the important spectral features can be determined for an arbitrary number of atoms, N. We also show that these results have important ramifications in limiting our ability to determine the number of atoms in the cavity.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.043805
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.69.043805
PACS:
42.50.Pq
 
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