From Single Atoms to Engineered “Super-Atoms”: Interfacing Photons and Atoms in Free Space

Figure 1

Intensity of the light emitted by a single atom. (a) Polar plot of angular distribution at for the transition. The inset shows the corresponding atomic transition. (b) Angular distribution at for the transition. (c) Integrated intensity as function of the distance from the atomic sample.

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