Published February 2001
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Strongly focused light beams interacting with single atoms in free space
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- van Enk, S. J.
- Kimble, H. J.
Abstract
We construct three-dimensional solutions of Maxwell's equations that describe Gaussian light beams focused by a strong lens. We investigate the interaction of such beams with single atoms in free space and the interplay between angular and quantum properties of the scattered radiation. We compare the exact results with those obtained with paraxial light beams and from a standard input-output formalism. We put our results in the context of quantum information processing with single atoms.
Additional Information
© 2001 The American Physical Society Received 31 May 2000; published 12 January 2001 S.J.vE. thanks Ph. Grangier for illuminating discussions on focusing light beams. We thank R. Legere for helpful comments and discussions. This work was funded by DARPA through the Quantum Information and Computing (QUIC) program administered by the U.S. Army Research Office, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research.Attached Files
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- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Army Research Office (ARO)
- NSF
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
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