Decoherence by spontaneous emission in atomic-momentum transfer experiments

被引:14
作者
Goetsch, P
Graham, R
机构
[1] Fachbereich Physik, Universität-Gesamthochschule Essen, Essen
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1996年 / 54卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.54.5345
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The influence of spontaneous emission on the dynamical localization in atomic momentum transfer observed in recent experiments is investigated. Our numerical and analytical results indicate;that contrary to previous expectation quantum diffusion due to decoherence by spontaneous emission is non-negligible in the experimental regime and may actually be visible in the measured data. Modifications of the experiments to strengthen this point are proposed.
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页码:5345 / 5348
页数:4
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