# Nonlinear π phase shift for single fibre-guided photons interacting with a single resonator-enhanced atom

@article{Volz2014NonlinearP,
title={Nonlinear $\pi$ phase shift for single fibre-guided photons interacting with a single resonator-enhanced atom},
author={J{\"u}rgen Volz and Michael Scheucher and Christian Junge and Arno Rauschenbeutel},
journal={Nature Photonics},
year={2014},
volume={8},
pages={965-970}
}
• Published 7 March 2014
• Physics
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A nonlinear π phase shift is induced by the interaction between a 85Rb atom and a fibre-coupled bottle resonator.
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