Light in a Bottle -- Coupling to An Atom (IMAGE)

Vienna University of Technology

Light in a Bottle -- Coupling to An Atom

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A transversal wave transfers light into a glass fiber, where it is stored in a bottle microresonator. Atoms close to the fiber couple to the light wave.

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Vienna University of Technology

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