Probing quantum physics with correlated atomic pairs

01.03.2011 - 31.12.2014
Research funding project

Correlated states are at the heart of some of the most intriguing manifestations of quantum mechanics; they have been subject of historical controversial debates among its founding fathers [1]. Nowadays they represent a very attractive and challenging field of forefront research, addressing both, the most fundamental paradigms of quantum mechanics as well as applications. Prominent examples are twin photons pairs, which have allowed the violation of Bell’s inequalities [2,3] and hence an experimental test falsifying local realism. Correlated photons have been used to realize interferometers whose noise are reduced below the standard quantum limit [4] and are today the key tool for quantum cryptography or quantum communications.

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Grant funds

  • FWF - Österr. Wissenschaftsfonds (National) Transnational Funding Activity Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Research focus

  • Design and Engineering of Quantum Systems: 80%
  • Quantum many-body systems: 20%

Keywords

GermanEnglish
quantum atom-optics, Bose-Einstein condensatequantum atom-optics, Bose-Einstein condensate
QuantenmessungenProbing quantum physics
Hanbury-Brown-TwissHanbury-Brown-Twiss
correlated pairscorrelated pairs
second order correlationssecond order correlations
single atom detectionsingle atom detection
ultrakalten atomaren Gasenultracold atomic gases

External partner

  • Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l¿Institut d¿Optique

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