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Nonclassical motional states of a trapped atom

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Wineland, DJ; Meekhof, DM; Monroe, C; King, BE; Itano, WM; Leibfried, D
Published in: Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series
January 1, 1996

This paper reports the creation of thermal, Fock, coherent, squeezed, and 'Schrodinger cat' states of motion of a single 9Be+ atomic ion that is confined in a Paul-rf trap. The thermal state of motion is created by Doppler cooling on the 313 nm 2S 1/2 → 2P3/2. The other states are coherently prepared from an ion that has first been placed in the zero-point motional state through resolved sideband laser cooling by use of stimulated Raman transitions between the |↓〉 and |↑〉 ground states.

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Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series

Publication Date

January 1, 1996

Volume

9

Start / End Page

142
 

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Wineland, D. J., Meekhof, D. M., Monroe, C., King, B. E., Itano, W. M., & Leibfried, D. (1996). Nonclassical motional states of a trapped atom. Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series, 9, 142.
Wineland, D. J., D. M. Meekhof, C. Monroe, B. E. King, W. M. Itano, and D. Leibfried. “Nonclassical motional states of a trapped atom.” Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series 9 (January 1, 1996): 142.
Wineland DJ, Meekhof DM, Monroe C, King BE, Itano WM, Leibfried D. Nonclassical motional states of a trapped atom. Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series. 1996 Jan 1;9:142.
Wineland, D. J., et al. “Nonclassical motional states of a trapped atom.” Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series, vol. 9, Jan. 1996, p. 142.
Wineland DJ, Meekhof DM, Monroe C, King BE, Itano WM, Leibfried D. Nonclassical motional states of a trapped atom. Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series. 1996 Jan 1;9:142.

Published In

Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series

Publication Date

January 1, 1996

Volume

9

Start / End Page

142