Publications Nano-Optics Division

1992

Direct measurement of the van der Waals interaction between an atom and its images in a micron-sized cavity

Vahid Sandoghdar, C.I. Sukenik, E.A. Hinds, Serge Haroche

Physical Review Letters 68 3432-3435 (1992) | Journal

We have measured by laser spectroscopy the energy of interaction between a sodium atom and its images in the walls of a micron-sized cavity. This cavity-QED study is the first direct quantitative test of the Lennard-Jones van der Waals interaction as a function of controlled atom-surface separation and mean-square electric dipole moment.

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Nano-Optics Division
Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Staudtstr. 2
91058 Erlangen, Germany

vahid.sandoghdar@mpl.mpg.de

+49 9131 7133 300


Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin
Kussmaulallee 2
91054 Erlangen, Germany

vahid.sandoghdar@mpzpm.mpg.de

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