Vacuum Rabi splitting as a feature of linear-dispersion theory: Analysis and experimental observations Article

Zhu, Y, Gauthier, DJ, Morin, SE et al. (1990). Vacuum Rabi splitting as a feature of linear-dispersion theory: Analysis and experimental observations . PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 64(21), 2499-2502. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2499

cited authors

  • Zhu, Y; Gauthier, DJ; Morin, SE; Wu, Q; Carmichael, HJ; Mossberg, TW

authors

abstract

  • The spectral and temporal response of an optical cavity resonantly coupled to an ensemble of barium atoms has been investigated experimentally. The empty-cavity trnasmission resonances are found to split in the presence of the atoms and, under these conditions, the cavitys temporal response is found to be oscillatory. These effects may be viewed as a manifestation of a vacuum-field Rabi splitting, or as a simple consequence of the linear absorption and dispersion of the intracavity atoms. © 1990 The American Physical Society.

publication date

  • January 1, 1990

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start page

  • 2499

end page

  • 2502

volume

  • 64

issue

  • 21