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Absorption spectroscopy at the limit: detection of a single atom

D. J. Wineland, Wayne M. Itano, and J. C. Bergquist

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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.

© 1987 Optical Society of America

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