RECONSTRUCTING QUANTUM STATES VIA QUANTUM TOMOGRAPHY AND ATOM INTERFEROMETRY

Authors
KIENLE SH FISCHER D SCHLEICH WP YAKOVLEV VP FREYBERGER M
Citation
Sh. Kienle et al., RECONSTRUCTING QUANTUM STATES VIA QUANTUM TOMOGRAPHY AND ATOM INTERFEROMETRY, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 65(6), 1997, pp. 735-743
Citations number
61
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
65
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
735 - 743
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1997)65:6<735:RQSVQT>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We discuss quantum tomography and atom interferometry for the reconstr uction of a quantum state describing the transverse motion of an atomi c beam. Both methods are based on a dispersive interaction between a c lassical electromagnetic field and the atoms. However, the specific te chniques applied to analyze the measured atomic position distributions are fundamentally different for both methods.