Trapped ions in the strong-excitation regime: Ion interferometry and nonclassical states

Journal Article · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.54.1532· OSTI ID:288790

Poyatos, J F; Cirac, J I ^[1]; Blatt, R ^[2]; Zoller, P ^[3]

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1. Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real (Spain)
2. Institut fuer Experimental Physik, Universitaet Goettingen, 37073 Goettingen (Germany)
3. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck (Austria)

The interaction of a trapped ion with a laser beam in the strong-excitation regime is analyzed. In this regime, a variety of nonclassical states of motion can be prepared either by using laser pulses of well defined area, or by an adiabatic passage scheme based on the variation of the laser frequency. We show how these states can be used to investigate fundamental properties of quantum mechanics. We also study possible applications of this system to build an ion interferometer. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 288790
• Journal Information: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 54; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
COHERENT STATES
ELECTRON-ION COLLISIONS
INTERFEROMETRY
IONS
LASER RADIATION
NEON IONS
PHOTON-ION COLLISIONS
QUANTUM OPTICS
SQUEEZED STATES
TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS
TRAPPED IONS
TRAPPING