Probing and Manipulating Fermionic and Bosonic Quantum Gases with Quantum Light
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Quantum Nondemolition Probing of Many-Body States
3. Measurement Backaction and State Preparation
4. Light-Matter Entanglement
5. Homodyne Detection
6. Quantum Optical Lattices
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Elliott, T.J.; Mazzucchi, G.; Kozlowski, W.; Caballero-Benitez , S.F.; Mekhov, I.B. Probing and Manipulating Fermionic and Bosonic Quantum Gases with Quantum Light. Atoms 2015, 3, 392-406. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms3030392
Elliott TJ, Mazzucchi G, Kozlowski W, Caballero-Benitez SF, Mekhov IB. Probing and Manipulating Fermionic and Bosonic Quantum Gases with Quantum Light. Atoms. 2015; 3(3):392-406. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms3030392
Chicago/Turabian StyleElliott, Thomas J., Gabriel Mazzucchi, Wojciech Kozlowski, Santiago F. Caballero-Benitez , and Igor B. Mekhov. 2015. "Probing and Manipulating Fermionic and Bosonic Quantum Gases with Quantum Light" Atoms 3, no. 3: 392-406. https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms3030392