Lens Trick Doubles Odds for Quantum Interaction (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore

Lens Trick Doubles Odds for Quantum Interaction (2 of 2)

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An imaging technique called 4Pi microscopy boosts resolution by sandwiching the sample between two strongly-focusing lenses. Quantum researchers have shown that borrowing this lens trick can boost interactions between photons and a single atom.

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Ale Cere / Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore

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To be used only in reporting on the paper "Nonlinear photon-atom coupling with 4Pi Microscopy" Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01495-3 (2017)

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