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The progress achieved during the last years in using Rydberg atoms to investigate radiation-atom interaction is reviewed. In particular, the influence of blackbody radiation, the modification of the spontaneous emission rate in confined space, and the periodic exchange of photons between Rydberg atoms and a cavity field are discussed. In the latter case, the collapse and the revival in the dynamical behaviour of the atoms are observed. Furthermore, the generation of nonclassical radiation fields in the micromaser is addressed.
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Rempe, G., Walther, H. (1990). Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics: Rydberg Atoms in Atomic Physics and Quantum Optics. In: Gordon, M.A., Sorochenko, R.L. (eds) Radio Recombination Lines: 25 Years of Investigation. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 163. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0625-9_2
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