Analytic Description of the Motion of a Trapped Ion in an Even or Odd Coherent State

1996/05/24 by Michael Martin Nieto, Nieto, Michael Martin
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #atom-ph #physics.atom-ph #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.atom-ph/9605010

Latex, 4 pages, 2 figures. To appear in "The State of Physics at the End of the 20th Century" CARRUTHERS61(talk)

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Abstract

A completely analytic description is given of the motion of a trapped ion which is in either an even or an odd coherent state. Comparison to recent theoretical and experimental work is made.

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