Using a single atom as a “camera” - visualization of light intensity and polarization beyond the resolution limit of optical microscopes -
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The team developed a new optical measurement technique, “Atom Camera,” using a single ultracold atom at near absolute zero temperature as a camera. The technique visualizes not only light intensity distributions but also polarization distributions with a high spatial resolution below 100 nanometers. The method is expected to be useful in quantum computing and other emerging quantum technologies.
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