ATOM LOCALIZATION VIA RAMSEY INTERFEROMETRY - A COHERENT CAVITY FIELDPROVIDES A BETTER RESOLUTION

Authors
LEKIEN F REMPE G SCHLEICH WP ZUBAIRY MS
Citation
F. Lekien et al., ATOM LOCALIZATION VIA RAMSEY INTERFEROMETRY - A COHERENT CAVITY FIELDPROVIDES A BETTER RESOLUTION, Physical review. A, 56(4), 1997, pp. 2972-2977
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
56
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2972 - 2977
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1997)56:4<2972:ALVRI->2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We investigate the position localization of a polarized atom interacti ng with an off-resonant quantized standing-wave field. We show that a coherent cavity field achieves a higher resolution than a classical fi eld. An almost perfect localization is possible when the atom passes t hrough several identically prepared cavities.