Absorption spectroscopy at the limit: detection of a single atom
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 12 (6), 389-391
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.12.000389
Abstract
We investigate the sensitivity limit of absorption spectroscopy. An experiment is described in which the decrease in transmitted light intensity that is due to absorption by a single, electromagnetically confined atomic ion is observed.Keywords
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