Observing Quantum State Diffusion by Heterodyne Detection of Fluorescence
A qubit can relax by fluorescence, which prompts the release of a photon into its electromagnetic environment. By counting the emitted photons, discrete quantum jumps of the qubit state can be observed. The succession of states occupied by the qubit in a single experiment, its quantum trajectory, de...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2016-01-01
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Series: | Physical Review X |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.011002 |