On energy transfer by detection of a tunneling atom

Details On energy transfer by detection of a tunneling atom On energy transfer by detection of a tunneling atom

1999-04-28

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9904098v1

J.KoreanPhys.Soc.35:122-126,1999

Physics

Quantum Physics

5 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

We are in the process of building an experiment to study the tunneling of laser-cooled Rubidium atoms through an optical barrier. A particularly thorny set of questions arises when one considers the possibility of observing a tunneling particle while it is in the ``forbidden'' region. In earlier work, we have discussed how one might probe a tunneling atom ``weakly,'' so as to prevent collapse. Here we make some observations about the implications of a more traditional quantum measurement. Considerations of energy conservation suggest that attempts to observe tunneling atoms will enhance inelastic scattering, but not in a way which can be directly observed. It is possible that attempts to make such measurements may lead to experimentally realizable ``observationally assisted barrier penetration.''

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