Optical control of a quantum rotor

L. F. Buchmann, H. Jing, C. Raman, P. Meystre

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Abstract

The possibility to coherently control a quantum rotor is investigated theoretically. The rotor is realized by an antiferromagnetic spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate, trapped in the optical field of a Fabry-Pérot resonator. By tuning the pumping field of the resonator, coherent control over the rotor is achieved. The technique is illustrated by the numerical simulation of a protocol that transforms the rotor's ground state into a squeezed state. The detection of the squeezed state via measurement of intensity correlations of the cavity field is proposed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number031601
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume87
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 8 2013
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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