Photon blockade in an optical cavity with one trapped atom

K. M. Birnbaum, A. Boca, R. Miller, A. D. Boozer, T. E. Northup and H. J. Kimble ()
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K. M. Birnbaum: California Institute of Technology
A. Boca: California Institute of Technology
R. Miller: California Institute of Technology
A. D. Boozer: California Institute of Technology
T. E. Northup: California Institute of Technology
H. J. Kimble: California Institute of Technology

Nature, 2005, vol. 436, issue 7047, 87-90

Abstract: Photon blockade for real The quantum optics phenomenon of photon blockade was predicted nearly a decade ago by analogy with Coulomb blockade of electron transport in small metallic and semiconductor structures. Now it has been demonstrated experimentally in a system involving a single atom trapped in an optical resonator within the setting of cavity quantum electrodynamics. Excitation of the atom–cavity system by a photon blocks transmission of a second photon, altering the statistics of a beam of light from random fluctuation to a more orderly photon stream. This is a landmark event in the field of quantum optics and laser science.

Date: 2005
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