The One-Atom Maser and Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics

Gerhard Rempe, HERBERT WALTHER

Gerhard Rempe

HERBERT WALTHER

The paper gives a brief review of experiments on cavity quantum electrodynamics. Special emphasis is given to recent results on the one-atom maser.

Zhi‐Ming Zhang

One-atom maser and one-atom laser are important experimental proving grounds in the study on cavity quantum electrodynamics(CQED).This paper reviews the studies on several types of one-atom masers and one-atom lasers,including the one-atom maser of Walther's group,the one-atom maser injected with ultracold atoms,the CQED system of Haroche's group,the one-atom laser with injected atoms,the one-atom laser with a single trapped ion,and the one-atom laser with a single trapped atom.The author introduces typical experimental systems and their main results,and also reviews relevant theoretical works.

HERBERT WALTHER

HERBERT WALTHER

Abstract The paper reviews the work on cavity quantum electrodynamics performed in our laboratory using the one‐atom maser and the single ion trap laser. Furthermore a brief survey on other cavity quantum electrodynamic experiments using single atoms is given in order to show the large variety of problems which can be investigated with this kind of systems.