Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Quantum tomography

A picture of a swinging atom

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Physics

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Reconstructing the motional quantum states of massive particles has important implications for quantum information science. Motional tomography of a single atom in an optical tweezer has now been demonstrated.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1: Imaging the momentum distribution of a moving atom.

References

  1. Gonzalez-Ballestero, C., Aspelmeyer, M., Novotny, L., Quidant, R. & Romero-Isart, O. Science 374, eabg3027 (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Brown, M. O. et al. Nat. Phys. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01890-8 (2023).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Leibfried, D. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 4281–4285 (1996).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Flühmann, C. et al. Nature 566, 513–517 (2019).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Hannes Bernien

Authors
  1. Hannes Bernien
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Hannes Bernien.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author declares no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Bernien, H. A picture of a swinging atom. Nat. Phys. 19, 474–475 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01911-6

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01911-6

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation