Absorption spectroscopy at the limit: detection of a single atom
Optics Letters, Vol. 12, Issue 6, pp. 389-391 (1987)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.12.000389
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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.
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D. J. Wineland, Wayne M. Itano, and J. C. Bergquist, "Absorption spectroscopy at the limit: detection of a single atom," Opt. Lett. 12, 389-391 (1987)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-12-6-389
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