Photon-number measurements with cold atoms
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 47 (1) , 566-570
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.47.566
Abstract
We consider the motion of a ‘‘slow’’ atom through a single-mode quantized radiation field; for example, a high-Q microwave cavity. It is shown that under some circumstances different photon-number states may be resolved by observation of the atomic passage time. Moreover, measurement of one or more passage times may prepare a photon-number state that can be detected in a nondestructive manner.Keywords
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