Annual Meeting Optical Society of America

Cavity quantum electrodynamics

THOMAS W. MOSSBERG

Published Jan 1, 1991• 6 citations

Abstract

Cavities are employed to effect various changes in the electromagnetic reservoir to which specimen atoms are coupled. Reservoirs of diverse character ranging from single-modelike to strongly frequency dependent can be realized. Generally speaking, atoms coupled to perturbed electromagnetic reservoirs display novel dynamics that can be of practical as well as fundamental importance.

DOI: 10.1364/oam.1991.ff1

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