The role of atomic recoil in micromaser 'Welcher Weg' detection

Optics Communications

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 171-184

  Yelin, Susanne F ^a,b,c   Bednar, Chris J ^a,d   Hu, Chia Ren ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d HARC   (United States)

Author keywords

'Which path' detector; Atom interferometry; Complementarity; Micromaser; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTONS;

ATOM INTERFEROMETRY; ATOMIC RECOIL; COMPLEMENTARITY; MICROMASER; UNCERTAINTY; WHICH PATH DETECTOR;

DETECTORS;

EID: 0031103505     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00656-6     Document Type: Article

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