A Single-Photon Server with Just One Atom
M. Hijlkema, B. Weber, Holger Specht, S. C. Webster, Axel Kuhn, Gerhard Rempe · 2007
In this paper, we present an experiment in which a single neutral atom trapped in a cavity is used to generate single photons in a controlled way. The quality of these photons is such that they could be used for quantum information processing. Our setup could therefore operate as a single-photon server for such experiments. We prepare our system by loading85Rb atoms into a magneto-optical trap. From here, the atoms are transported by a dipole trap into the cavity.