Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Motional dichotomy of a trapped ion

Heping Zeng, Yuzhu Wang, Yusaburo Segawa

Published Nov 14, 1998• 0 citations

Abstract

A novel quantum manipulation, which is based upon the second-sideband Raman excitations driven by two standing-wave laser beams, is demonstrated to be effective in splitting the motional ground wavepacket state of a trapped ion into two macroscopically distinguishable parts with spatial separation comparable to the ionic transition wavelength.

DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/31/21/004

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