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Squeezed Light From Single Atoms

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GARCHING, Germany, July 11, 2011 — Researchers have shown that an atom interacting with light inside a cavity can alter the wavelike properties of the light, reducing its amplitude or phase fluctuations below the level allowed for classical electromagnetic radiation. The team, led by Gerhard Rempe, director of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, reported this first observation of so-called “squeezed” light produced by a single atom in the June 30 issue of Nature. The “graininess” of photons causes tiny fluctuations of the light wave’s amplitude and phase. For classical beams,...Read full article

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    Published: July 2011
    amplitude fluctuationsEuropeGerhard RempeGermanyMax Planck Institute of Quantum OpticsmirrorsOpticsphase fluctuationsphotonic interactionspropagating light fieldquantum logicResearch & Technologyrubidiumsingle atomssqueezed lightLasers

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