Astafiev, O. and Zagoskin, A. M. and Abdumalikov, A. A. and Pashkin, Yuri and Yamamoto, T. and Inomata, K. and Nakamura, Y. and Tsai, J. S. (2010) Resonance Fluorescence of a Single Artificial Atom. Science, 327 (5967). pp. 840-843. ISSN 0036-8075
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An atom in open space can be detected by means of resonant absorption and reemission of electromagnetic waves, known as resonance fluorescence, which is a fundamental phenomenon of quantum optics. We report on the observation of scattering of propagating waves by a single artificial atom. The behavior of the artificial atom, a superconducting macroscopic two-level system, is in a quantitative agreement with the predictions of quantum optics for a pointlike scatterer interacting with the electromagnetic field in one-dimensional open space. The strong atom-field interaction as revealed in a high degree of extinction of propagating waves will allow applications of controllable artificial atoms in quantum optics and photonics.