Vacuum Rabi Splitting Observed on a Microscopic Atomic Sample in a Microwave Cavity

F. Bernardot, P. Nussenzveig, M. Brune, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche

Europhysics Letters (EPL) · 1992 · 117 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

We have observed the vacuum Rabi splitting on a beam of Rydberg atoms resonantly coupled to a high-Q superconducting cavity mode. The splitting is resolved down to five atoms on average inside the cavity and only three atoms resonant with the mode.

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