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Fully Quantized Treatment of Molecular Beam Resonance
Author(s) -
Kokorowski D.A.,
Dhirani A.,
Hammond T.D.,
Rohwedder B.,
Rubenstein R.A.,
Smith E.T.,
Pritchard D.E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3978(199811)46:6/8<849::aid-prop849>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - superposition principle , physics , momentum (technical analysis) , monochromatic color , resonance (particle physics) , beam (structure) , coupling (piping) , classical mechanics , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , quantum electrodynamics , optics , materials science , finance , economics , metallurgy
We present a fully quantal treatment of a beam of two state particles interacting with temporally oscillating potentials. A single oscillatory potential, in resonantly coupling the two internal states, generally entangles each with a different longitudinal momentum. Two successive oscillatory fields, if differentially detuned (DSOF), can couple an initially monochromatic state to a coherent momentum superposition, or alternatively may be used to detect a pre‐existing momentum superposition.