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The principles of cavity QED experiments are described, in which fields exhibiting coherences between different mesoscopic states are generated and studied. These experiments, based on the Ramsey method of atomic interferometry, are presently under way at Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris. They will constitute tests of the quantum measurement theory and could open the way to interesting applications in quantum computing and cryptology.
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Haroche, S. Mesoscopic coherences in cavity QED. Nuov Cim B 110, 545–556 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02741464
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- 42.50.Wm
- Optical tests of fundamental laws and forces (including QED
- Bell inequalities
- parity-conservation violation
- relativistic effects
- gravity waves