| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K77198/01 |
| Title: |
QUANTUM INTERFERENCE, NONCLASSICAL TRAPPED ION STATES, AND QUANTUM MONTE CARLO THEORY |
| Principal Investigator: |
Swain, Professor S |
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Applied Maths & Theoretical Physics |
| Organisation: |
Queen's University of Belfast |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
25 November 1996 |
Ends: |
24 November 1999 |
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113,666
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We wish to undertake research in three related areas of quantum optics. The first is to study the novel effects that can be produced by quantum interference in multilevel atomic systems interacting with one or more laser fields. There has been much interest in these systems recently, and a number of new phenomena have been predicted. There are applications to nonlinear optics and laser systems. the second topic is the investigation of various kinds of nonclassical states of the centre of mass motion of trapped ions in a harmonic potential. There have been exciting experimental development here recently, and there are interesting applicants to quantum computing. Finally we wish to construct a quantum Monte Carlo method for systems interacting with finite bandwidth reservoirs, with a view to describing interactions between multilevel atomic systems and realistic squeezed light sources. This is prompted by the recent experimental advances in this field.
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