Measuring acceleration using the Purcell effect
Quantum Physics
2018-08-21 v2
Abstract
We show that a two-level atom resonantly coupled to one of the modes of a cavity field can be used as a sensitive tool to measure the proper acceleration of a combined atom-cavity system. To achieve it we investigate the relation between the transition probability of a two-level atom placed within an ideal cavity and study how it is affected by the acceleration of the whole. We indicate how to choose the position of the atom as well as its characteristic frequency in order to maximize the sensitivity to acceleration.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1708.05489,
title = {Measuring acceleration using the Purcell effect},
author = {Kacper Kożdoń and Ian T. Durham and Andrzej Dragan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.05489},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures, published version