• DocumentCode
    2671702
  • Title

    Motional quantum state reconstruction in an optical lattice

  • Author

    Myrskog, S.H. ; Fox, J.K. ; Steinberg, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We demonstrate reconstruction of the quantum center-of-mass motion of laser-cooled atoms confined in an optical lattice. We examine time-evolution of the density matrix to study decoherence effects in the lattice.
  • Keywords
    laser cooling; quantum optics; decoherence effects; density matrix; laser-cooled atoms; motional quantum state reconstruction; optical lattice; quantum center-of-mass motion; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Energy measurement; Energy states; Lattices; Optical scattering; Stationary state; Tomography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238051
  • Filename
    1276382