Measurement of the separation between atoms beyond diffraction limit

doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0

Title: Measurement of the separation between atoms beyond diffraction limit

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Precision measurement of small separations between two atoms or molecules has been of interest since the early days of science. Here, we discuss a scheme which yields spatial information on a system of two identical atoms placed in a standing wave laser field. The information is extracted from the collective resonance fluorescence spectrum, relying entirely on far-field imaging techniques. Both the interatomic separation and the positions of the two particles can be measured with fractional-wavelength precision over a wide range of distances from about {lambda}/550 to {lambda}/2.

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Chang, J.-T.; Suhail Zubairy, M. ^[1]; Evers, Joerg ^[1]; Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg ^[2]; Scully, Marlan O. ^[1]; Princeton Institute for Materials Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1009 ^[3]

Institute for Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242 (United States)
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Publication Date:: Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 2006

OSTI Identifier:: 20786837

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Resource Relation:: Journal Name: Physical Review. A; Journal Volume: 73; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.031803; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ACCURACY; ATOMS; DIFFRACTION; DISTANCE; EMISSION SPECTRA; LASER RADIATION; MOLECULES; RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE; STANDING WAVES; WAVELENGTHS

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                    Chang, J.-T., Suhail Zubairy, M., Evers, Joerg, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Scully, Marlan O., and Princeton Institute for Materials Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1009. Measurement of the separation between atoms beyond diffraction limit.  United States: N. p., 2006. 
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                    Chang, J.-T., Suhail Zubairy, M., Evers, Joerg, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Scully, Marlan O., & Princeton Institute for Materials Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1009. Measurement of the separation between atoms beyond diffraction limit.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0.

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                    Chang, J.-T., Suhail Zubairy, M., Evers, Joerg, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Scully, Marlan O., and Princeton Institute for Materials Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1009. Wed .  
        "Measurement of the separation between atoms beyond diffraction limit".  United States.  
        doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0.

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  title        = {Measurement of the separation between atoms beyond diffraction limit},

  author       = {Chang, J.-T. and Suhail Zubairy, M. and Evers, Joerg and Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg and Scully, Marlan O. and Princeton Institute for Materials Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1009},

  abstractNote = {Precision measurement of small separations between two atoms or molecules has been of interest since the early days of science. Here, we discuss a scheme which yields spatial information on a system of two identical atoms placed in a standing wave laser field. The information is extracted from the collective resonance fluorescence spectrum, relying entirely on far-field imaging techniques. Both the interatomic separation and the positions of the two particles can be measured with fractional-wavelength precision over a wide range of distances from about {lambda}/550 to {lambda}/2.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0},

  journal      = {Physical Review. A},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 73,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 2006},

  month        = {Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 2006}

}

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