Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 033002 (2005) [4 pages]Normal-Mode Spectroscopy of a Single-Bound-Atom–Cavity SystemReceived 18 June 2004; published 27 January 2005 The energy-level structure of a single atom strongly coupled to the mode of a high-finesse optical cavity is investigated. The atom is stored in an intracavity dipole trap and cavity cooling is used to compensate for inevitable heating. Two well-resolved normal modes are observed both in the cavity transmission and the trap lifetime. The experiment is in good agreement with a Monte Carlo simulation, demonstrating our ability to localize the atom to within λ/10 at a cavity antinode. © 2005 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.033002
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.033002
PACS:
32.80.Pj, 42.50.–p
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