New system for detection of single atoms: Records photon bursts from optical cavity
Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 12:56
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have devised a new technique for real-time detection of freely moving individual neutral atoms that is more than 99.7% accurate and sensitive enough to discern the arrival of a single atom in less than one-millionth of a second, about 20 times faster than the best previous methods.