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dc.contributor.authorJechow, A
dc.contributor.authorNorton, BG
dc.contributor.authorHaendel, S
dc.contributor.authorBlums, V
dc.contributor.authorStreed, EW
dc.contributor.authorKielpinski, D
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:08:22Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:08:22Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2013-12-10T00:22:18Z
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.113605
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/54802
dc.description.abstractFundamental optics such as lenses and prisms work by applying phase shifts of several radians to incoming light, and rapid control of such phase shifts is crucial to telecommunications. However, large, controllable optical phase shifts have remained elusive for isolated quantum systems. We have used a single trapped atomic ion to induce and measure a large optical phase shift of 1:3 0:1 radians in light scattered by the atom. Spatial interferometry between the scattered light and unscattered illumination light enables us to isolate the phase shift in the scattered component. The phase shift achieves the maximum value allowed by atomic theory over the accessible range of laser frequencies, pointing out new opportunities in microscopy and nanophotonics. Single-atom phase shifts of this magnitude open up new quantum information protocols, in particular long-range quantum phase-shift-keying cryptography.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent579091 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom113605-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto113605-5
dc.relation.ispartofissue11
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPhysical Review Letters
dc.relation.ispartofvolume110
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMathematical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhysical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchQuantum optics and quantum optomechanics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode49
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode51
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode510804
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode40
dc.titleControllable Optical Phase Shift Over One Radian from a Single Isolated Atom
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2013 American Physical Society. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2013
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gro.griffith.authorStreed, Erik


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