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How many atoms get excited when they decay?

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 نشر من قبل Philip Daniel Blocher
 تاريخ النشر 2017
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We analyze the time evolution of a two-level system prepared in a superposition of its ground state and radiatively unstable excited state. We show that by choosing appropriate means of detection of the radiated field, we can steer the evolution of the emitter and herald its preparation in the fully excited state. We determine the probability for the occurrence of this excitation during the decay of a remote emitter.



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