Scientists Capture Shadow Cast By 1 Atom 51
slew writes "Scientist at Griffith University have shown the first absorption image of a single atom isolated in a vacuum. A single atomic ion was confined in an RF Paul trap and the absorption imaged at near wavelength resolution with a phase Fresnel lens. They predict this absorption imaging technique should prove useful in quantum information processing and using the minimum amount of illumination for bio-imaging of light-sensitive samples. Here's a pointer to the paper."
Re:RF Paul trap? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Well, SURE it was cool; but (Score:4, Informative)
For those interested, it was actually - Ytterbium