Revealing the optical footprint of the atom

Atom shifting phase - Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University
Centre for Quantum Dynamics
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New images have been captured by researchers at Griffith University of light bending around a single atom. The research was carried out at Griffith’s Centre for Quantum Dynamics, using a laser beam directed at a single charged Ytterbium atom suspended in a vacuum. The ion was fixed in position by a high voltage electrical field. […]