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Acta Sinica Quantum Optica

One-atom Maser and One-atom Laser-Experimental Platforms for Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics

Zhi‐Ming Zhang

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

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.

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