• DocumentCode
    2221458
  • Title

    Weak values, quantum trajectories, and the Stony-Brook cavity QED experiment

  • Author

    Wiseman, H.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Sci., Griffith Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    19-24 May 2002
  • Firstpage
    7
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. I apply quantum trajectory theory to the recent Stony-Brook cavity QED experiment demonstrating waveparticle duality. I show that the left half of the fractional correlation function he measured in that experiment can be recast as a dynamical weak value. The system consists of a damped cavity, very weakly driven, through which a beam of resonant atoms pass. The weak measurement is a homodyne measurement, the initial system state is the steady state, and the ensemble is post-selected on the detection of a photon from the cavity.
  • Keywords
    homodyne detection; optical resonators; photon counting; quantum electrodynamics; Stony-Brook cavity QED experiment; cavity photon; damped cavity; fractional correlation function; homodyne measurement; initial system state; post-selected detection; quantum trajectory; resonant atoms; steady state; very weakly driven; wave particle duality; weak measurement; Optical resonators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2002. QELS '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-708-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2002.1031013
  • Filename
    1031013