Digest on Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Phenomena and Devices

Novel fluorescent spectra from an atom strongly coupled to a driven cavity

Craig M. Savage

Published Jan 1, 1990• 0 citations

Abstract

Recently there has been both theoretical [1-3] and experimental [4] interest in atoms strongly coupled to single mode optical cavities. Strong coupling means that the energy level splitting due to a single quantum of excitation is comparable to the dissipative linewidth of the system. Single quantum frequency splitting has been observed for as few as 20 atoms strongly coupled to a cavity [4].

DOI: 10.1109/nlo.1990.695818

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