Abstract
Dispersive quantum nondemolition measurement of the number of photons is analyzed in the micromaser scheme. It has been shown that the stationary Fock state of the field in a cavity that is considered as the result of quantum nondemolition measurement is realized only in a particular case for strictly determined parameters of the system, and small variation in one of the parameters of the system results in a qualitative change in the field state. In the general case, the field state is characterized by large fluctuations of the number of photons and the mean number of photons, which are very sensitive to the parameters of the system. It has been shown that the detection of the Ramsey interference pattern is possible only when the sequence of atoms passing through the cavity is highly monokinetic.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Fiziki, Vol. 82, No. 11, 2005, pp. 780–784.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Kozlovski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\)