Tricks with a single photon

Peter Zoller ()
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Peter Zoller: Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck

Nature, 2000, vol. 404, issue 6776, 340-341

Abstract: Laser light can be used to trap atoms in cavities. With cool atoms and intense laser beams the optical force can be strong enough to overcome gravity. By using a microcavity made from high-quality mirrors it is now possible to trap an atom with a single photon.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35006185

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