| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 46, Number 6, June II 1999
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 722 - 727 | |
| Section | Atomic and molecular physics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1999-00325-6 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Quantum tomography of a laser beam interacting with cold atoms
1
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel
(Laboratoire de l'UPMC et de l'ENS, associé au CNRS.) , Case 74, UPMC
4 Place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
2
Fakultat für Physik, Universität Konstanz -
D78434, Konstanz, Germany
Received:
23
December
1998
Accepted:
16
April
1999
We have used the method of quantum tomography to reconstruct the Wigner function of squeezed light generated from a laser beam having interacted with cold atoms. The photon number distribution has been investigated showing features of squeezed states.
PACS: 32.80.Pj – Optical cooling of atoms; trapping / 42.50.Lc – Quantum fluctuations, quantum noise, and quantum jumps / 42.50.Ar – Photon statistics and coherence theory
© EDP Sciences, 1999
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