• DocumentCode
    2666382
  • Title

    Observation of geometric phase in three-level atoms

  • Author

    Mingzhen Tian ; Reibel, R.R. ; Barber, Z.W. ; Fischer, J.A. ; Babbitt, W.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    The geometric phases of optically driven atomic wave functions were measured with a photon echo technique in a three-level atomic system. The experimental results match well with simulations using the density matrix.
  • Keywords
    atom-photon collisions; photon echo; quantum optics; wave functions; atomic wave functions; density matrix; geometric phase; photon echo technique; three-level atoms; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Geometrical optics; Hardware; Magnetic resonance; Optical pulses; Phase measurement; Quantum computing; Stationary state; Wave functions;
  • 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.2003.238436
  • Filename
    1276022