Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: While investigating quantum correlations in atomic systems, we note that single measurements contain information about these correlations. Using a simple model of measurement-analogous to the one used in quantum optics-we show how to extract higher-order correlation functions from individual "photographs" of the atomic sample. As a possible application, we apply the method to detect a subtle phase coherence in mesoscopic superpositions.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: Radka Bach, Kazimierz Rza̧żewski
Institutions: Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2035480792