Abstract
Now that a single atom or ion can be observed spectroscopically, either in a faint atomic beam or in an electromagnetic trap,1,2 a fundamental test of an atom’s quantum statistical behavior is at hand. An important example is the observation of anti- bunching3 in resonance fluorescence—an effect that is based on the properties of a single atom and erased by the presence of other excited atoms.
© 1986 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
JUHA JAVANAINEN
TUOO3 International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) 1986
P. Zoller, M. Marte, and D. F. Walls
THJ6 OSA Annual Meeting (FIO) 1986
J. C. Bergquist, R. G. Hulet, Wayne M. Itano, and D. J. Wine-Land
WC2 International Laser Science Conference (ILS) 1986