Generation of nonclassical motional states of a trapped atom

Journal Article · Thu Feb 29 23:00:00 EST 1996 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1796· OSTI ID:284420

Meekhof, D M; Monroe, C; King, B E; Itano, W M; Wineland, D J ^[1]

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1. Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303-3328 (United States)

We report the creation of thermal, Fock, coherent, and squeezed states of motion of a harmonically bound {sup 9}Be{sup +} ion. The last three states are coherently prepared from an ion which has been initially laser cooled to the zero point of motion. The ion is trapped in the regime where the coupling between its motional and internal states, due to applied (classical) radiation, can be described by a Jaynes-Cummings-type interaction. With this coupling, the evolution of the internal atomic state provides a signature of the number state distribution of the motion. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• OSTI ID: 284420
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 76; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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66 PHYSICS
ATOMS
BERYLLIUM 9
COHERENT STATES
DETECTION
HAMILTONIANS
IONS
LASERS
MOTION
SQUEEZED STATES
TRAPPING