Resonator-Aided Single-Atom Detection on a Microfabricated Chip
arXiv:cond-mat/0603675 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.023002
Abstract
We use an optical cavity to detect single atoms magnetically trapped on an atom chip. We implement the detection using both fluorescence into the cavity and reduction in cavity transmission due to the presence of atoms. In fluorescence, we register 2.0(2) photon counts per atom, which allows us to detect single atoms with 75% efficiency in 250 microseconds. In absorption, we measure transmission attenuation of 3.3(3)% per atom, which allows us to count small numbers of atoms with a resolution of about 1 atom.
4.1 pages, 5 figures, and submitted to Physical Review Letters
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