Abstract

The micromaser^1,2 is a system in which a flow of excited Rydberg atoms interact one at a time¹ with one mode of the radiation field in an ultra-high Q-cavity. The micromaser was first realised experimentally in 1985² and subsequently improved³ and operated for two-photon transitions³ as well as one-photon transitions. Theoretically¹ it has been tackled from both a microscopic and macroscopic point of view and the connection between both approaches has been made.

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