• DocumentCode
    2793976
  • Title

    Preparation and measurement of few-atom number states with a double-well atom interferometer

  • Author

    Brown, B.L. ; Strabley, J.Sebby- ; Anderlini, M. ; Lee, P. ; Johnson, P.R. ; Phillips, W.D. ; Porto, J.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Joint Quantum Institute and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We use a double-well optical lattice as an atom interferometer to load and measure atomic number-squeezed states with N = 1 or 2 and Poissonian states with ¿N¿ ¿ 1 into the lattice ground state.
  • Keywords
    Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Interference; Lattices; Optical beam splitting; Optical interferometry; Probes; Stationary state; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431738
  • Filename
    4431738