QUANTUM ZENO EFFECT ON ATOMIC EXCITATION DECAY IN RESONATORS

Authors
KOFMAN AG KURIZKI G
Citation
Ag. Kofman et G. Kurizki, QUANTUM ZENO EFFECT ON ATOMIC EXCITATION DECAY IN RESONATORS, Physical review. A, 54(5), 1996, pp. 3750-3753
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
54
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3750 - 3753
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1996)54:5<3750:QZEOAE>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A unified theory of tu two-level atom coupling to vacuum field reservo irs with arbitrary mode-density spectra is used to demonstrate that th e quantum Zeno effect on excitation decay of the atom (and, correspond ingly, inhibition of spontaneous emission) is observable in open cavit ies and waveguides, using a sequence of evolution-interrupting pulses on a nanosecond scale.