Quantum theory of the micromaser: Symmetry breaking via off-diagonal atomic injection
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 34 (3) , 2032-2037
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.34.2032
Abstract
We propose and analyze an experiment in which atoms in a coherent superposition of atomic states are injected into a high-Q maser cavity. We show that the symmetry of the field in the cavity is ‘‘broken’’ in the same way as results from a classical signal injected into a laser cavity. This broken symmetry can be detected by monitoring the atomic excitation of a probe atom.Keywords
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