Quantum control of atomic systems by homodyne detection and feedback

Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Volume 57 Issue 6 Page 4877-4888 published_at 1998-06
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Quantum control of atomic systems by homodyne detection and feedback
Creator
Mahler Günter
Hess Ortwin
Source Title
Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume 57
Issue 6
Start Page 4877
End Page 4888
Abstract
We investigate the possibilities of preserving and manipulating the coherence of atomic two-level systems by ideal projective homodyne detection and feedback. For this purpose, the photon emission process is described on time scales much shorter than the lifetime of the excited state using a model based on Wigner- Weisskopf theory. The backaction of this emission process is analytically described as a quantum diffusion of the Bloch vector. It is shown that the evolution of the atomic wave function can be controlled completely using the results of homodyne detection. This allows the stabilization of a known quantum state or the creation of coherent states by a feedback mechanism. However, the feedback mechanism can never compensate the dissipative effects of quantum fluctuations even though the coherent state of the system is known at all times.
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
American Physical Society
Date of Issued 1998-06
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Copyright (c) 1998 American Physical Society.
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 1094-1622
[DOI] 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.4877
[NCID] AA10764867
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.57.4877