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Quantum Zeno Effect in Cavity QED: Experimental Proposal with Non Ideal Cavities and Detectors

Quantum Physics 2012-08-07 v1

Abstract

We propose an experiment with two coupled microwave cavities and a "tunneling" photon observed by the passage of Rydberg atoms. We model the coupled cavities as in Ref. \cite{art1} and include dissipative effects as well as limited detection efficiency. We also consider realistic finite atom-field interaction times and provide for a simple analytical expression for the photon "tunneling" probability including all these effects. We show that for sufficiently small dissipation constants the effect can be observed with current experimental facilities.

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@article{arxiv.0710.0275,
  title  = {Quantum Zeno Effect in Cavity QED: Experimental Proposal with Non Ideal Cavities and Detectors},
  author = {R. Rossi and A. R. Bosco de Magalhaes and M. C. Nemes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.0275},
  year   = {2012}
}