dc.contributor.author | Streed, EW | |
dc.contributor.author | Jechow, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Norton, BG | |
dc.contributor.author | Kielpinski, D | |
dc.contributor.editor | Hasan, ZU | |
dc.contributor.editor | Hemmer, PR | |
dc.contributor.editor | Lee, H | |
dc.contributor.editor | Santori, CM | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T15:05:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T15:05:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.date.modified | 2013-09-25T22:54:16Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0277-786X | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1117/12.926837 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/53417 | |
dc.description.abstract | Absorption of light is a fundamental process in imaging. The optical properties of atoms are thoroughly understood, so a single atom is an ideal system for testing the quantum limits of absorption imaging. Here we report the first absorption imaging of a single isolated atom, the smallest and simplest system reported to date. Contrasts of up to 3.1(3)% were observed in images of a laser cooled 174Yb+ ion confined in vacuum by a radio-frequency Paul trap. This work establishes a new sensitivity bound for absorption imaging with a 7800x improvement over the contrast previously observed in imaging a single molecule. | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | SPIE | |
dc.publisher.place | United States | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename | Conference on Advances in Photonics of Quantum Computing, Memory, and Communication V | |
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitle | ADVANCES IN PHOTONICS OF QUANTUM COMPUTING, MEMORY, AND COMMUNICATION V | |
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom | 2012-01-23 | |
dc.relation.ispartofdateto | 2012-01-26 | |
dc.relation.ispartoflocation | San Francisco, CA | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 6 pages | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 6 pages | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 8272 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Quantum optics and quantum optomechanics | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 510804 | |
dc.title | Single-atom absorption imaging | |
dc.type | Conference output | |
dc.type.description | E2 - Conferences (Non Refereed) | |
dc.type.code | E - Conference Publications | |
gro.date.issued | 2012 | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Streed, Erik | |