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In situdetection of the temporal and initial phase of the second harmonic of a microwave field via incoherent fluorescence

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Measuring the amplitude and absolute (i.e., temporal and initial) phase of a monochromatic microwave field at a specific point of space and time has many potential applications, including precise qubit rotations and wavelength quantum teleportation. Here we show how such a measurement can indeed be made using resonant atomic probes via detection of incoherent fluorescence induced by a laser beam. This measurement is possible due to self-interference effects between the positive- and negative-frequency components of the field. In effect, the small cluster of atoms here act as a highly localized pickup coil, and the fluorescence channel acts as a transmission line.

Source: Physical Review A

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.71.063408

Authors: George C. Cardoso, Prabhakar Pradhan, Jacob Morzinski, M. S. Shahriar

Institutions: Northwestern University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Quantum optics and atomic interactions

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1982816239

FWCI: 0.41

Cites: 10

Cited by: 11

Related to: 10