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Phys. Rev. A 49, R3174 - R3177 (1994)

Nonclassical states of motion in a three-dimensional ion trap by adiabatic passage

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J. I. Cirac, R. Blatt, and P. Zoller
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440

Rapid Communication Received 20 December 1993

A scheme for the preparation of nonclassical states of motion in a three-dimensional harmonic ion trap is proposed. The technique is based on adiabatic passage along dressed energy levels of the strongly coupled ion-trap system by varying the laser frequency.


©1994 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v49/pR3174
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.49.R3174
PACS: 42.50.Dv, 42.50.Lc

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