Quantum-state reconstruction in the one-atom maser
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 57 (2) , 1371-1378
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.57.1371
Abstract
We propose a reconstruction scheme for the quantum-mechanical state of a field inside a microwave cavity in the Fock representation. It will be shown that two experimental steps are required for this purpose: (i) the quantum state under consideration has to be shifted in phase space, and (ii) it has to be examined by state-selective detection of two-level atoms after a resonant interaction with the field. The method is examined in a computer simulation including measurement errors.Keywords
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