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title = "Quantum State Reduction by Matter-Phase-Related Measurements in Optical Lattices"
date = 2017-02-01
authors = ["Wojciech Kozlowski", "Santiago F. Caballero-Benitez", "Igor B. Mekhov"]
publication_types = ["2"]
abstract = "A many-body atomic system coupled to quantized light is subject to weak measurement. Instead of coupling light to the on-site density, we consider the quantum backaction due to the measurement of matter-phase-related variables such as global phase coherence. We show how this unconventional approach opens up new opportunities to affect system evolution. We demonstrate how this can lead to a new class of final states different from those possible with dissipative state preparation or conventional projective measurements. These states are characterised by a combination of Hamiltonian and measurement properties thus extending the measurement postulate for the case of strong competition with the system’s own evolution."
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publication = "*Scientific Reports*"
url_pdf = "https://www.nature.com/articles/srep42597"
url_preprint = "https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.06000"
doi = "10.1038/srep42597"
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