Generation of a wave packet tailored to efficient free space excitation of a single atom
Abstract
We demonstrate the generation of an optical dipole wave suitable for the process of efficiently coupling single quanta of light and matter in free space. We employ a parabolic mirror for the conversion of a transverse beam mode to a focused dipole wave and show the required spatial and temporal shaping of the mode incident onto the mirror. The results include a proof of principle correction of the parabolic mirror's aberrations. For the application of exciting an atom with a single photon pulse we demonstrate the creation of a suitable temporal pulse envelope. We infer coupling strengths of 89% and success probabilities of up to 87% for the application of exciting a single atom for the current experimental parameters.
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@article{arxiv.1207.3215,
title = {Generation of a wave packet tailored to efficient free space excitation of a single atom},
author = {Andrea Golla and Benoit Chalopin and Marianne Bader and Irina Harder and Klaus Mantel and Robert Maiwald and Norbert Lindlein and Markus Sondermann and Gerd Leuchs},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.3215},
year = {2012}
}
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to be published in Europ. Phys. J. D