Coherent control of an atomic collision in a cavity
Quantum Physics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Following a recent proposal by S. B. Zheng and G. C. Guo (Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2392 (2000)), we report an experiment in which two Rydberg atoms crossing a non-resonant cavity are entangled by coherent energy exchange. The process, mediated by the virtual emission and absorption of a microwave photon, is characterized by a collision mixing angle four orders of magnitude larger than for atoms colliding in free space with the same impact parameter. The final entangled state is controlled by adjusting the atom-cavity detuning. This procedure, essentially insensitive to thermal fields and to photon decay, opens promising perspectives for complex entanglement manipulations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0105063,
title = {Coherent control of an atomic collision in a cavity},
author = {S. Osnaghi and P. Bertet and A. Auffeves and P. Maioli and M. Brune and J. M. Raimond and S. Haroche},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0105063},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, 3 figures