Quantum-Atom Optics Downunder (QAO)

Single Atoms on an Optical Nanofiber

K. P. Nayak, Fam Le Kien, K. Hakuta

Published Jan 1, 2007• 3 citations

Abstract

We show how subwavelength-diameter silica-fibers, “optical nanofibers”, can open new perspectives for manipulating atoms and photons. We explore the atom/photon interaction around a nanofiber both theoretically and experimentally. Modification of spontaneous emission, single-atom trapping without external field, collective atomic emission, and quantum interferences are experimentally demonstrated by combining the nanofibers and laser-cooled Cs-atoms.

DOI: 10.1364/qao.2007.qthb3

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