Observation of coherent many-body Rabi oscillations
Abstract
A two-level quantum system driven by an electromagnetic field can oscillate between its two states. The effects of these so-called Rabi oscillations are usually obscured in many-body systems by the variation in properties of the particles involved. Now, however, coherent many-body Rabi oscillations are observed in a vapour made up of several hundred cold rubidium atoms.
- Publication:
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Nature Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1038/nphys2413
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1205.7061
- Bibcode:
- 2012NatPh...8..790D
- Keywords:
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- Physics - Atomic Physics;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- doi:10.1038/nphys2413