Generation of macroscopic superpositions in a micromaser
- Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (US)
At low temperatures steady-state macroscopic superpositions can be generated in the field of a micromaser pumped by a stream of two-level atoms injected in a coherent superposition of their upper and lower states. The onset of these superpositions resembles a second-order phase transition, with the control parameter being the ratio of the atomic injection rate to the cavity damping rate.
- OSTI ID:
- 7004751
- Journal Information:
- Optics Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Optics Letters; (USA) Vol. 15:4; ISSN OPLED; ISSN 0146-9592
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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