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Quantum Zeno effect on atomic excitation decay in resonators

A. G. Kofman and G. Kurizki
Phys. Rev. A 54, R3750(R) – Published 1 November 1996
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Abstract

A unified theory of two-level atom coupling to vacuum field reservoirs with arbitrary mode-density spectra is used to demonstrate that the quantum Zeno effect on excitation decay of the atom (and, correspondingly, inhibition of spontaneous emission) is observable in open cavities and waveguides, using a sequence of evolution-interrupting pulses on a nanosecond scale.

  • Received 3 July 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.54.R3750

©1996 American Physical Society

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A. G. Kofman and G. Kurizki

  • Chemical Physics Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

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Vol. 54, Iss. 5 — November 1996

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