Abstract
We report on an improved version of Young's double-slit experiment for thermal atoms, that allows two-particle correlation experiments to be performed with atom - photon pairs. We propose the use of single-photon scattering for the controlled preparation of highly entangled states of more than two particles. The principle is discussed for an entangled atom - photon pair, which offers the possibility of realizing a virtual double-slit experiment for atoms. Then the scheme is extended in an obvious way to prepare a so-called GHZ state made up of two photons and one atom. In general, highly entangled states can be built up involving the centre-of-mass wavefunction of an atom and the occupation of radiation modes by sequentially scattered photons.
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