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Quantum Effects in Single-Atom and Single-Photon Experiments

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We review our recent work on the one-atom maser. We propose and analyse an experiment based on this maser and designed to probe the way in which the measurement process, that is, the presence of a detector influences the investigated quantum system. Phase transitions between chaotic and ordered structures of ions stored in a Paul trap are analysed.

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    G. Rempe, W. Schleich, M. O. Scully & H. Walther

  2. Center for Advanced Studies, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, 87131, Albuquerque, N.M., USA

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Rempe, G., Schleich, W., Scully, M.O., Walther, H. (1990). Quantum Effects in Single-Atom and Single-Photon Experiments. In: Demtröder, W., Inguscio, M. (eds) Applied Laser Spectroscopy. NATO ASI Series, vol 241. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1342-7_2

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