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American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 22(108)

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.220402

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Are Dynamical Quantum Jumps Detector Dependent?

Journal article published in 2012 by Howard Mark Wiseman ORCID, Jay M. Gambetta
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Abstract

Dynamical quantum jumps were initially conceived by Bohr as objective events associated with the emission of a light quantum by an atom. Since the early 1990s they have come to be understood as being associated rather with the detection of a photon by a measurement device, and that different detection schemes result in different types of jumps (or diffusion). Here we propose experimental tests to rigorously prove the detector-dependence of the stochastic evolution of an individual atom. The tests involve no special preparation of the atom or field, and the required efficiency can be as low as η ~58%. ; Comment: 4+ pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters