Control of Open Quantum Systems

• Authors: Y. Japha , A. Kofman , G. Kurizki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Spontaneous decay of excited cold atoms into a cavity can drastically affect their translational dynamics, namely, atomic reflection, transmission and localization at the interface. We show that the quantum Zeno effect on excitation decay of an atom is observable in open cavities and waveguides, using a sequence of evolution-interrupting pulses on a nanosecond scale.

Keywords

EN

42.50.Lc; 03.65.Bz; 03.75.Be; 42.50.-p

Discipline

• 03.75.Be: Atom and neutron optics
• 42.50.-p: Quantum optics(for lasers, see 42.55.-f and 42.60.-v; see also 42.65.-k Nonlinear optics; 03.65.-w Quantum mechanics)
• 42.50.Lc: Quantum fluctuations, quantum noise, and quantum jumps

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1998
• Volume: 93
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 135-145

Dates

published

1998-01

Contributors

author

Y. Japha

• Department of Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, 76100, Israel

author

A. Kofman

• Department of Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, 76100, Israel

author

G. Kurizki

• Department of Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, 76100, Israel

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.93.135