DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF THE VANDERWAALS INTERACTION BETWEEN AN ATOM AND ITS IMAGES IN A MICRON-SIZED CAVITY

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SANDOGHDAR, V [1 ]
SUKENIK, CI [1 ]
HINDS, EA [1 ]
HAROCHE, S [1 ]
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[1] ECOLE NORM SUPER,F-75231 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3432
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O4 [物理学];
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We have measured by laser spectroscopy the energy of interaction between a sodium atom and its images in the walls of a micron-sized cavity. This cavity-QED study is the first direct quantitative test of the Lennard-Jones van der Waals interaction as a function of controlled atom-surface separation and mean-square electric dipole moment.
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