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View SchemaComplementarity and Young's interference fringes from two atoms
| Authors | W. M. Itano, J. C. Bergquist, J. J. Bollinger, D. J. Wineland, U. Eichmann, M. G. Raizen |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9711041 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9711041 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.4176 |
Abstract
The interference pattern of the resonance fluorescence from a J=1/2 to J=1/2 transition of two identical atoms confined in a three-dimensional harmonic potential is calculated. Thermal motion of the atoms is included. Agreement is obtained with experiments [Eichmann et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 2359 (1993)]. Contrary to some theoretical predictions, but in agreement with the present calculations, a fringe visibility greater than 50% can be observed with polarization-selective detection. The dependence of the fringe visibility on polarization has a simple interpretation, based on whether or not it is possible in principle to determine which atom emitted the photon.
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