Title :
Observation of atom-photon entanglement
Author :
Volz, Jurgen ; Weber, Markus ; Rosenfeld, Wenjamin ; Schlenk, Daniel ; Vrana, Johannes ; Saucke, Karen ; Kurtsiefer, Christian ; Weinfurter, Harald
Author_Institution :
Dept. fur Phys., Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., Munchen, Germany
Abstract :
A single 87Rb atom into an optical dipole trap is loaded from a magneto optical trap. To generate entanglement between the trapped atom and an emitted photon, the atom is excited via an optical φ-pulse to the | F´ = 0, mF´ = 0} state. Because of conservation of angular momentum, the polarization of the spontaneously emitted photon is entangled with the final Zeeman state of the atom.
Keywords :
Zeeman effect; angular momentum; atom-photon collisions; quantum entanglement; radiation pressure; rubidium; spontaneous emission; Rb; Zeeman state; angular momentum conservation; atom-photon entanglement; spontaneously emitted photon; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Charge carrier processes; Fluorescence; Optical polarization; Performance analysis; Quantum entanglement; Stationary state; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8973-5
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567479
