Abstract

Due to recent advances in superconducting microwave cavities with extremely high Q factors (Q ≃ 10⁹ and higher), it has become possible to monitor experimentally quantum effects different from standard free-space quantum electronic detectors (QEDs). ¹ If atoms are injected into such a cavity, subtle quantum cavity effects like collapses and revivals can occur as a result of resonant interaction of the atom with the cavity field.²

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