Quantum nondemolition measurements of vibrational populations in ionic traps

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 5118-5125

  Davidovich, L ^a,b   Orszag, M ^a,b   Zagury, N ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; IONS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; OSCILLATIONS; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTONS; POLYNOMIALS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

FOCK STATES; IONIC TRAPS; LAMB-DICKE LIMIT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM NONDEMOLITION MEASUREMENT; RABI FREQUENCY; SCHRODINGER CAT STATES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0030413892     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.5118     Document Type: Article

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