Quantum Reservoir Engineering
atom-ph
2008-02-03 v1 Atomic Physics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We show how to design different couplings between a single ion trapped in a harmonic potential and an environment. This will provide the basis for the experimental study of the process of decoherence in a quantum system. The coupling is due to the absorption of a laser photon and subsequent spontaneous emission. The variation of the laser frequencies and intensities allows one to ``engineer'' the coupling and select the master equation describing the motion of the ion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.atom-ph/9603002,
title = {Quantum Reservoir Engineering},
author = {J. F. Poyatos and J. I. Cirac and P. Zoller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:atom-ph/9603002},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
11 pages, 2 Figures (bmp and eps formats)