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SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL CAVITY;
SINGLE-ATOM; MIRROR; PLANE; MASEROptics; Physics;
Abstract:
In this article, we describe how to develop a mode converter that transforms a plane electromagnetic wave into an inward-moving dipole wave. The latter one is intended to bring a single atom or ion from its ground state to an excited state by absorption of a single photon wave packet with near-100% efficiency.