R Miller et al 2005 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38 S551 doi:10.1088/0953-4075/38/9/007
R Miller, T E Northup, K M Birnbaum, A Boca, A D Boozer and H J Kimble
Show affiliationsOn the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Albert Einstein's annus mirabilis, we reflect on the development and current state of research in cavity quantum electrodynamics in the optical domain. Cavity QED is a field which undeniably traces its origins to Einstein's seminal work on the statistical theory of light and the nature of its quantized interaction with matter. In this paper, we emphasize the development of techniques for the confinement of atoms strongly coupled to high-finesse resonators and the experiments which these techniques enable.
42.50.Pq Cavity quantum electrodynamics; micromasers
42.50.Ct Quantum description of interaction of light and matter; related experiments
Issue 9 (14 May 2005)
Received 2 November 2004
Published 25 April 2005
R Miller et al 2005 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38 S551