Measuring irreversible dynamics of a quantum harmonic oscillator
Morigi, Giovanna (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik)
Solano, Enrique (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik)
Englert, Berthold-Georg (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik)
Walther, Herbert (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik)
American Physical Society
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2002 |
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We show that the unitary evolution of a harmonic oscillator coupled to a two-level system can be undone by a suitable manipulation of the two-level system-more specifically, by a quasi-instantaneous phase change. This enables us to isolate the dissipative evolution to which the oscillator may be exposed in addition. With this method we study the decoherence time of a photon mode in cavity QED, and that of the quantized harmonic motion of trapped ions. We comment on the relation to spin echoes and multipath interferometry. |
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Physical review. A, Vol. 65, Issue 4 (April 2002) , p. 040102-1-040102-4, ISSN 1050-2947 |
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.040102
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