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Journal of Modern Optics

Cavity field tomography via atomic beam deflection

Stephan Schneider, A. M. Herkommer, Ulf Leonhardt, Wolfgang P. Schleich

Published Nov 1, 1997• 20 citations
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Abstract

We propose a set-up where a classical field interacts via a two-level atom with a quantized field in a resonator. Due to entanglement we can reconstruct all available information about the field by measuring the momentum distribution of the atom.
DOI
10.1080/09500349708231886

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