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Upper bound on the duration of quantum jumps

Quantum Physics 2018-12-04 v1

Abstract

We present a method to estimate the time scale of quantum jumps from the time correlation of photon pairs generated from a cascade decay in an atomic system, and realize it experimentally in a cold cloud of 87Rb. Taking into account the photodetector response, we find an upper bound for the duration of a quantum jump of 21+/-11 ps.

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@article{arxiv.1812.00129,
  title  = {Upper bound on the duration of quantum jumps},
  author = {Mathias A. Seidler and Ricardo Gutiérrez-Jáuregui and Alessandro Cerè and Rocío Jáuregui and Christian Kurtsiefer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.00129},
  year   = {2018}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, 1 number

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