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View SchemaCoherent control of an atomic collision in a cavity
| Authors | S. Osnaghi, P. Bertet, A. Auffeves, P. Maioli, M. Brune, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0105063 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0105063 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.037902 |
Abstract
Following a recent proposal by S. B. Zheng and G. C. Guo (Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2392 (2000)), we report an experiment in which two Rydberg atoms crossing a non-resonant cavity are entangled by coherent energy exchange. The process, mediated by the virtual emission and absorption of a microwave photon, is characterized by a collision mixing angle four orders of magnitude larger than for atoms colliding in free space with the same impact parameter. The final entangled state is controlled by adjusting the atom-cavity detuning. This procedure, essentially insensitive to thermal fields and to photon decay, opens promising perspectives for complex entanglement manipulations.
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"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.037902",
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