Australian Journal of Physics

Quantum Measurements in Atom Optics

Daniel F. Walls

Published Aug 1, 1996• 6 citations

Abstract

We review recent progress in atom optics. We describe new quantum measurements based on the entanglement of quantum states of a light field with atomic external degrees of freedom. Examples include the quantum non-demolition measurement of the photon number in a cavity and the measurement of atomic position.

DOI: 10.1071/ph960715

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