Free-Space Quantum Electrodynamics with a Single Rydberg Superatom

The interaction of a single photon with an individual two-level system is the textbook example of quantum electrodynamics. Achieving strong coupling in this system has so far required confinement of the light field inside resonators or waveguides. Here, we demonstrate strong coherent coupling betwee...

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Main Authors: Asaf Paris-Mandoki, Christoph Braun, Jan Kumlin, Christoph Tresp, Ivan Mirgorodskiy, Florian Christaller, Hans Peter Büchler, Sebastian Hofferberth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017-10-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041010