Atom localization via Ramsey interferometry: A coherent cavity field provides a better resolution

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2972-2977

  Le Kien, Fam ^a,b,c   Rempe, G ^d   Schleich, W P ^b,e   Zubairy, M S ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c HANOI UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^f QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ATOM FIELD INTERACTION; ATOM LOCALIZATION; COHERENT CAVITY FIELD; RAMSEY INTERFEROMETRY; STANDING WAVE;

ATOMS;

EID: 0031256255     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.2972     Document Type: Article

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