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View SchemaMeasurement of the separation between atoms beyond diffraction limit
| Authors | Jun-Tao Chang, Joerg Evers, Marlan O. Scully, M. Suhail Zubairy |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0508010 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0508010 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.031803 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 73, 031803(R) (2006) |
Abstract
Precision measurement of small separations between two atoms or molecules has been of interest since the early days of science. Here, we discuss a scheme which yields spatial information on a system of two identical atoms placed in a standing wave laser field. The information is extracted from the collective resonance fluorescence spectrum, relying entirely on far-field imaging techniques. Both the interatomic separation and the positions of the two particles can be measured with fractional-wavelength precision over a wide range of distances from bout lambda/550 to lambda/2.
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