title: Normal-mode spectroscopy of a single-bound-atom-cavity system.
abstract: The energy-level structure of a single atom strongly coupled to the mode of a high-finesse optical cavity is investigated. The atom is stored in an intracavity dipole trap and cavity cooling is used to compensate for inevitable heating. Two well-resolved normal modes are observed both in the cavity transmission and the trap lifetime. The experiment is in good agreement with a Monte Carlo simulation, demonstrating our ability to localize the atom to within lambda/10 at a cavity antinode.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maunz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Puppe
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Syassen
authors.forename: P W H
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Pinkse
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rempe