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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Multi-atom photon blockade

Andrew D. Greentree, Joan A. Vaccaro, S.R. de Echaniz, Alan V. Durrant, J. P. Marangos

Published Aug 29, 2005• 0 citations
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Abstract

Summary form only given. We show that photon blockade is possible in systems with a few atoms and highlight the differences between single and multi-atom cases. Realistic experimental conditions will be discussed and potential applications investigated.
DOI
10.1109/iqec.2000.907897

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