Trapped-ion realization of Einstein's recoiling-slit experiment
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. A
- Department of Physics, California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92834 (United States)
We analyze photon scattering by a harmonically trapped ion using two-port interferometry of the scattered photon and coherent-state measurement of the ion's external recoil motion. We examine how the coherent-state measurement could be used to mimick both momentum and position ion measurements and thus a modern realization of Wootters and Zurek's pioneering analysis of Einstein's historic recoiling-slit gedanken experiment. To quantify the photon-path which-port information cached in the recoiling ion and the underlying wave-particle duality, we evaluate the ion-state trace distance and distinguishability.
- OSTI ID:
- 20991069
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 75, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.062105; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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