15–20 Jun 2014
Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne
America/Toronto timezone
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Mode invisibility and single-photon detetction

16 Jun 2014, 17:00
1m
C-207 (Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne)

C-207

Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne

Sudbury, Ontario
Oral (Student, Not in Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), pas dans la compétition) Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Canada / Division de la physique atomique, moléculaire et photonique, Canada (DAMOPC-DPAMPC) (M2-7) Ultrafast Imaging and Spectroscopy II - DAMOPC / Imagerie ultrarapide et spectroscopie II - DPAMPC

Speaker

Marvellous Onuma-Kalu (University of Waterloo)

Description

We propose a technique to probe a quantum state of light in an optical cavity without significantly perturbing the photon field. We minimize the interaction of the probe with the field by arranging a setting where the largest contribution to the transition probability is cancelled. We show that we obtain very good resolution for measuring the photon population difference between any given states the photon field by means of atomic interferometry

Author

Marvellous Onuma-Kalu (University of Waterloo)

Co-authors

Dr Eduardo Martin-Martinez (Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada) Prof. Robert Mann (University of Waterloo)

Presentation materials