CAN SPONTANEOUS EMISSION BE INFLUENCED BY THE PRESENCE OF A DISTANT DETECTOR

Authors
CROSIGNANI B DIPORTO P
Citation
B. Crosignani et P. Diporto, CAN SPONTANEOUS EMISSION BE INFLUENCED BY THE PRESENCE OF A DISTANT DETECTOR, Europhysics letters, 35(3), 1996, pp. 165-170
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
165 - 170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1996)35:3<165:CSEBIB>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We show that the spontaneous-emission process could be altered by cont inuously monitoring the emitting system by means of a spherical counte r of quantum efficiency eta < 1, placed at a finite distance L. This s urprising result is related neither to Zeno's effect nor to any cavity effect, but is of intrinsically quantum-mechanical non-local nature.