Normal-mode splitting and linewidth averaging for two-state atoms in an optical cavity
- 17 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 63 (3) , 240-243
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.63.240
Abstract
An investigation of the radiative processes for a collection of N two-state atoms strongly coupled to the field of a high-finesse optical cavity is presented. Observations of the spectral response of the composite system to weak external modulation reveal a coupling-induced normal-mode splitting. Linewidth averaging leads to linewidths below the free-space atomic width.Keywords
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