Measurement of the separation between atoms beyond diffraction limit RID A-5077-2009
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Date
2006
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American Physical Society
Abstract
Precision measurement of small separations between two atoms or molecules has been of interest since the early days of science. Here, we discuss a scheme which yields spatial information on a system of two identical atoms placed in a standing wave laser field. The information is extracted from the collective resonance fluorescence spectrum, relying entirely on far-field imaging techniques. Both the interatomic separation and the positions of the two particles can be measured with fractional-wavelength precision over a wide range of distances from about lambda/550 to lambda/2.
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Keywords
AUTLER-TOWNES MICROSCOPY, QUANTUM MICROSCOPY, SINGLE-ATOM, FLUORESCENCE, RESOLUTION, LOCALIZATION, LITHOGRAPHY, LIGHT, Optics, Physics
Citation
J. T. Chang, J. Evers, Marlan O. Scully and M. Suhail Zubairy. Phys.Rev.A 73 031803 2006. "Copyright (2006) by the American Physical Society."