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Time-resolved and state-selective detection of single freely falling atoms
- Abstract:
- We report on the detection of single, slowly moving Rubidium atoms using laser-induced fluorescence. The atoms move at 3 m/s while they are detected with a time resolution of 60 μs. The detection scheme employs a near-resonant laser beam that drives a cycling atomic transition, and a highly efficient mirror setup to focus a large fraction of the fluorescence photons to a photomultiplier tube. It counts on average 20 photons per atom.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.02.057
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- Elsevier
- Journal:
- OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS More from this journal
- Volume:
- 264
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 271-277
- Publication date:
- 2006-08-15
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0030-4018
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- 2006
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- Copyright 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Optics Communications. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Optics Communications, Volume 264, Issue 2 (15 August 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.02.057
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