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Generation and Coherent Control of Pulsed Quantum Frequency Combs
Published on: June 8, 2018
Fast excitation and photon emission of a single-atom-cavity system
J Bochmann1, M Mücke, G Langfahl-Klabes
1Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany.
Abstract:
We report on the fast excitation of a single atom coupled to an optical cavity using laser pulses that are much shorter than all other relevant processes. The cavity frequency constitutes a control parameter that allows the creation of single photons in a superposition of two tunable frequencies. Each photon emitted from the cavity thus exhibits a pronounced amplitude modulation determined by the oscillatory energy exchange between the atom and the cavity. Our technique constitutes a versatile tool for future quantum networking experiments.
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