K P Nayak and K Hakuta 2008 New J. Phys. 10 053003 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/10/5/053003
Single atoms on an optical nanofibre
K P Nayak and K Hakuta1
Show affiliationsWe show that single atoms can be detected using a sub-wavelength-diameter silica-fibre, an optical nanofibre, and the fact that single photons spontaneously emitted from the atoms can be readily guided into a single-mode optical fibre. Moreover, we find that single atoms around the nanofibre reveal a very prominent spectral feature, that is, the excitation spectrum splits into two peaks with a very small separation, smaller than the natural linewidth.
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32.80.-t Photoionization and excitation
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Issue 5 (May 2008)
Received 5 November 2007
Published 6 May 2008
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Single atoms on an optical nanofibre
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