Benjamin Lev et al 2004 Nanotechnology 15 S556 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/15/10/010
Benjamin Lev1, Kartik Srinivasan2, Paul Barclay2, Oskar Painter2 and Hideo Mabuchi1
Show affiliationsWe propose an atom–cavity chip that combines laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms with magnetic microtraps and waveguides to deliver a cold atom to the mode of a fibre taper coupled photonic bandgap (PBG) cavity. The feasibility of this device for detecting single atoms is analysed using both a semiclassical treatment and an unconditional master equation approach. Single-atom detection seems achievable in an initial experiment involving the non-deterministic delivery of weakly trapped atoms into the mode of the PBG cavity.
42.50.Pq Cavity quantum electrodynamics; micromasers
03.75.Be Atom and neutron optics
03.65.Sq Semiclassical theories and applications
37.10.Vz Mechanical effects of light on atoms, molecules, and ions
85.60.Gz Photodetectors (including infrared and CCD detectors)
Quantum gases, liquids and solids
Issue 10 (October 2004)
Received 23 February 2004
Published 23 July 2004
Benjamin Lev et al 2004 Nanotechnology 15 S556
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