Hyperfine Coherence in the Presence of Spontaneous Photon Scattering TeX Export

@misc{citeulike:94357, abstract = {The coherence of a hyperfine-state superposition of a trapped \$^{9}\$Be\$^+\$ ion in the presence of off-resonant light is experimentally studied. It is shown that Rayleigh elastic scattering of photons that does not change state populations also does not affect coherence. Coherence times exceeding the average scattering time of 19 photons are observed. This result implies that, with sufficient control over its parameters, laser light can be used to manipulate hyperfine-state superpositions with very little decoherence.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Ozeri, R. and Langer, C. and Jost, J. D. and Demarco, B. L. and Ben-Kish, A. and Blakestad, B. R. and Britton, J. and Chiaverini, J. and Itano, W. M. and Hume, D. and Leibfried, D. and Rosenband, T. and Schmidt, P. and Wineland, D. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {94357}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0502063}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0502063}, day = {11}, eprint = {quant-ph/0502063}, keywords = {expts, ion, trap}, month = {February}, posted-at = {2005-02-14 14:59:54}, priority = {2}, title = {Hyperfine Coherence in the Presence of Spontaneous Photon Scattering}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0502063}, year = {2005} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:94357 L3 - citeulike-article-id:94357 N2 - The coherence of a hyperfine-state superposition of a trapped $^{9}$Be$^+$ ion in the presence of off-resonant light is experimentally studied. It is shown that Rayleigh elastic scattering of photons that does not change state populations also does not affect coherence. Coherence times exceeding the average scattering time of 19 photons are observed. This result implies that, with sufficient control over its parameters, laser light can be used to manipulate hyperfine-state superpositions with very little decoherence. TI - Hyperfine Coherence in the Presence of Spontaneous Photon Scattering KW - expts KW - ion KW - trap AU - Ozeri, R AU - Langer, C AU - Jost, JD AU - Demarco, BL AU - Ben-Kish, A AU - Blakestad, BR AU - Britton, J AU - Chiaverini, J AU - Itano, WM AU - Hume, D AU - Leibfried, D AU - Rosenband, T AU - Schmidt, P AU - Wineland, DJ PY - 2005/02/11/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0502063 ER -