Simple scheme for state measurement

被引:36
作者
Bardroff, PJ [1 ]
Fontenelle, MT [1 ]
Stenholm, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Royal Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Kungl Tekn Hogskolan, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1999年 / 59卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.59.R950
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present a simple and fast scheme to measure the state of a trapped atom. Our method directly yields the characteristic function of the Wigner function avoiding a demanding data analysis. We show that our method can be readily applied to an actual experiment. [S1050-2947(99)50702-6].
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页码:R950 / R953
页数:4
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