Publication:
Determination of atom-field observables via resonant interaction

Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Full text at PDC
Publication Date
1998-04
Advisors (or tutors)
Editors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citations
Google Scholar
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Abstract
We find the observables that-can be determined by two practical schemes based on atom-field resonant interaction. In the first example, the interaction is followed by photon-number and atomic-population measurements. In the second scheme the directly measured quantity is the atomic deflection. In particular, we show that they provide the measurement of the atom-field relative phase. When the initial field state is known, the atomic density matrix can be reconstructed.
Description
© 1998 The American Physical Society
Keywords
Citation
[1] C. W. Helstrom, Quantum Detection and Estimation Theory (Academic, New York, 1976); A. Peres, Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1993); A. Peres, Found. Phys. 20, 1441 (1990); H. P. Yuen, Phys. Lett. A 91, 101 (1982). [2] K. Vogel and H. Risken, Phys. Rev. A 40, 2847 (1989); D. T. Smithey, M. Beck, M. G. Raymer, and A. Faridani, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 1244 (1993). [3] M. J. Holland, D. F. Walls, and P. Zoller, Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 1716 (1991); A. M. Herkommer, V. M. Akulin, and W. P. Schleich, ibid. 69, 3298 (1992); P. Domokos, P. Adam, J. Janszky, and A. Zeilinger, ibid. 77, 1663 (1996). [4] M. Freyberger and A. M. Herkommer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 1952 (1994); B. Baseia, R. Vyas, C. M. A. Dantas, and V. S. Bagnato, Phys. Lett. A 194, 153 (1994). [5] A. Luis and L. L. Sánchez-Soto, Opt. Commun. 133, 159 (1997). [6] A. Luis and L. L. Sánchez-Soto, Phys. Rev. A 56, 994 (1997). [7] R. Lynch, Phys. Rep. 256, 367 (1995). [8] B. W. Shore and P. L. Knight, J. Mod. Opt. 40, 1195 (1993). [9] M. Brune, S. Haroche, V. Lefevre, J. M. Raimond, and N. Zagury, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 976 (1990); H. Paul, Quantum Opt. 3, 169 (1991). [10] K. E. Cahill and R. J. Glauber, Phys. Rev. 177, 1882 (1969); F. T. Arecchi, E. Courtens, R. Gilmore, and H. Thomas, Phys. Rev. A 6, 2211 (1972); A. Perelomov, Generalized Coherent States and their Applications (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986). [11] P. Meystre, E. Schumacher, and S. Stenholm, Opt. Commun. 73, 443 (1989). [12] M. Grabowski, Int. J. Theor. Phys. 28, 1215 (1989). [13] U. Leonhardt and H. Paul, Phys. Rev. A 48, 4598 (1993); T. Kiss, U. Herzog, and U. Leonhardt, ibid. 52, 2433 (1995). [14] G. Rempe, H. Walther, and N. Klein, Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 353 (1987); G. Rempe, F. Schmidt-Kaler, and H. Walther, ibid. 64, 2783 (1990); M. Brune, P. Nussenzveig, F. Schmidt-Kaler, F. Bernardot, A. Maali, J. M. Raimond, and S. Haroche, ibid. 72, 3339 (1994); L. Davidovich, M. Brune, J. M. Raimond, and S. Haroche, Phys. Rev. A 53, 1295 (1996). [15] J. I. Cirac and L. L. Sánchez-Soto, Phys. Rev. A 40, 3743 (1989); M. Fleischhauer and W. Schleich, ibid. 47, 4258 (1993). [16] S. M. Dutra, P. L. Knight, and H. Moya-Cessa, Phys. Rev. A 48, 3168 (1993); S. M. Dutra and P. L. Knight, ibid. 49, 1506 (1994). [17] R. G. Newton and B. Young, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 49, 393 (1968); W. Band and J. L. Park, Found. Phys. 1, 133 (1970); J. L. Park and W. Band, ibid. 1, 211 (1971); W. Band and J. L. Park, ibid. 1, 339 (1971); H. M. Wiseman, Quantum Semiclassic. Opt. 7, 569 (1995). [18] P. J. Bardroff, E. Mayr, and W. P. Schleich, Phys. Rev. A 51, 4963 (1995).
Collections