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Quantum Tomography of a system of three-level atoms

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We analyze the possibility of tomographic reconstruction of a system of three-level atoms in both non-degenerate and degenerate cases. In the non-degenerate case (when both transitions can be accessed independently) a complete reconstruction is possible. In the degenerate case (when both transitions are excited simultaneously) the complete reconstruction is achievable only for a single atom in the Sigma configuration. For multiple Sigma atoms, or even a single atom in the Lambda configuration, only partial reconstruction is possible. Examples of one and two-atom cases are explicitly considered.

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@article{arxiv.0711.2765,
  title  = {Quantum Tomography of a system of three-level atoms},
  author = {Andrei B. Klimov and Hubert de Guise},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.2765},
  year   = {2009}
}

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accepted in J.Phys.A: Math.& Theor