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Nature Physics 2, 803 - 804 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys479

Subject Categories: Quantum physics | Optical physics

Quantum optics: Light does matter

Fabrizio Illuminati1

  1. Fabrizio Illuminati is in the Quantum Theory Group, Department of Physics, University of Salerno, Baronissi 84081, Italy. e-mail: illuminati@sa.infn.it


Strongly correlated systems are difficult to control or even probe at the level of individual interacting elements. Engineered composites of optical cavities, few-level atoms, and laser light could enable greater insight into their behaviour.

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