Probing the quantum commutation rules through cavity QED Academic Article

abstract

• We propose a cavity QED-based scheme to observe the noncommutativity between the creation and annihilation operators. By conditional measurement after the atom-field interaction in a cavity, it is possible to achieve a photon-added-then-subtracted state and a photon-subtracted-then-added state, which have different statistical properties. This scheme has the advantages of simple analytical results and much higher generation probabilities. We show that the ideal results of one-cycle photon addition and subtraction are approached in the short time limit. We also discuss the possible implementation scheme. 2008 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Zubairy, Muhammad

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

• Sun, Q., Al-Amri, M., & Zubairy, M. S.

citation count

• 8

publication date

• October 2008

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.043801

URI

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.78.043801

start page

• 043801

volume

• 78

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.78.043801