Normal-mode splitting and linewidth averaging for two-state atoms in an optical cavity (original) (raw)
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.
- Received 3 April 1989
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.240
©1989 American Physical Society
Authors & Affiliations
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
R. J. Thompson, R. J. Brecha, H. J. Kimble, and H. J. Carmichael
- Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics 12-33, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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