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We review some recent work performed with single moving atoms strongly coupled to high-finesse optical cavities, emphasizing cavity-mediated light forces and vacuum-stimulated generation of single photons.
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Rempe, G. et al. (2003). Single atoms and single photons in cavity quantum electrodynamics. In: Bigelow, N.P., Eberly, J.H., Stroud, C.R., Walmsley, I.A. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8907-9_30
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