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Gentle measurement

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Ideally, measurement of the energy state of a single atom would set the atom to the measured state without affecting any of its other properties. This goal has now been achieved with the assistance of a small optical cavity. See Letter p.210

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Figure 1: Measuring the quantum state of a single atom1.

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