Published April 20, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Directional property of radiation emitted from entangled atoms

  • 1. Department of Physics, Korea Military Academy, Seoul 139-799 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 136-701 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 4. Centre for Quantum Physics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad (Pakistan)
  • 5. School of Computational Sciences, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul 130-012 (Korea, Republic of)

Description

We investigate the directional property of photons emitted spontaneously from a partially-excited many-atom system. There exists a strong directional correlation between the emitted photons and the photons that have been absorbed by laser excitation and among all emitted photons themselves. Such a strong correlation arises from entanglement of W-type generated in the atomic system during the process of absorption and emission.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2009.03.023

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2009.03.023;
PII
S0375-9601(09)00319-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
373
Journal Issue
18-19
Journal Page Range
p. 1658-1662
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41059511
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANGULAR CORRELATION; ATOMS; EXCITATION; LASERS; PHOTON EMISSION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; CORRELATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EMISSION; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES

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