Tracy Northup Abstract

Tracy Northrup
Caltech

"Coherent Control in Cavity QED"

A single atom trapped within an optical cavity provides a powerful tool for investigating the quantum interface between matter and light. One goal of current quantum optics research is to harness this quantum interface for coherent control of atoms and photons and back. I will discuss recent experimental advances toward this goal, including the cooling of an intracavity atom to the ground state of axial motion, demonstration of reversible state transfer between light and a trapped atom, and preparation of an atom in a target Zeeman sublevel via coherent Raman transitions.