ILLUSION OR REALITY - THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS IN QUANTUM OPTICS

Authors
SCHENZLE A
Citation
A. Schenzle, ILLUSION OR REALITY - THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS IN QUANTUM OPTICS, Contemporary Physics, 37(4), 1996, pp. 303-320
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Contemporary Physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00107514
Volume
37
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
303 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-7514(1996)37:4<303:IOR-TM>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Whereas a measurement in the domain of classical physics merely collec ts information on the examined object, measurements on the microscopic scale unavoidably leave their traces on the measured system. Experime nts with single atoms and few photons contribute to our understanding of this fundamental property of quantum mechanics.