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Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Short-pulse or strong-field breakup processes: a route to study entangled wave packets

Mikhail Vladimirovich Fedorov, Maxim A. Efremov, P. A. Volkov, Joseph H. Eberly

Published Jun 22, 2006• 70 citations
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Abstract

Strong and/or short laser pulses provide one avenue for rapid separation of composite quantum systems. Daughter particles can exhibit subtle aspects of quantum entanglement. We show that a Gaussian approximation provides a unifying overview of rapidly separating systems in many contexts, and propose using combined single-particle and coincidence measurements of wave-packet widths of bipartite systems for experimental observation of the degree of entanglement.

DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/39/13/s20

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