Laser absorption spectroscopy to probe the superposition principle in atomic translational motion

2025/06/16 by A. Zh. Muradyan, Muradyan, A. Zh.
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research #Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2506.13141

openalex publication_date 2025/06/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

It is proposed a few-atom Doppler-sensitive absorption spectroscopy scheme resolving the long-standing dilemma regarding the nature of an atomic quantum translational motion (superpositional or non-superpositional) and its measurement (collapsing or non-collapsing).

Citations

• Multi-photon Atom Interferometry via cavity-enhanced Bragg Diffraction
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