Young’s interference experiment with light scattered from two atoms
- 19 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 70 (16), 2359-2362
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.70.2359
Abstract
We report the first observation of interference effects in the light scattered from two trapped atoms. The visibility of the fringes can be explained in the framework of Bragg scattering by a harmonic crystal and simple ‘‘which path’’ considerations of the scattered photons. If the light scattered by the atoms is detected in a polarization-sensitive way, then it is possible to selectively demonstrate either the particle nature or the wave nature of the scattered light.Keywords
This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
- Observation of quantized motion of Rb atoms in an optical fieldPhysical Review Letters, 1992
- Ionic crystals in a linear Paul trapPhysical Review A, 1992
- Collision-induced two-ion chaosNature, 1990
- On the photo-dynamics of single ions in a trapThe European Physical Journal D, 1988
- Interference between a fluorescent photon and a classical field: An example of nonclassical interferencePhysical Review A, 1988
- Atomic-Ion Coulomb Clusters in an Ion TrapPhysical Review Letters, 1987
- Radiative Decay Rates infrom Observations of Quantum Jumps in a Single IonPhysical Review Letters, 1987
- Quantum Interference Effect for Two Atoms Radiating a Single PhotonPhysical Review Letters, 1985
- Laser cooling of ions stored in harmonic and Penning trapsPhysical Review A, 1982
- Resonance fluorescence from atotransitionPhysical Review A, 1976