Measurement of Arbitrary Observables of a Trapped Ion
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We describe a method to perform a single quantum measurement of an arbitrary observable of a single ion moving in a harmonic potential. We illustrate the measurement procedure with explicit examples, namely the position and phase observables.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9606026,
title = {Measurement of Arbitrary Observables of a Trapped Ion},
author = {S. A. Gardiner and J. I. Cirac and P. Zoller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9606026},
year = {2007}
}
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