Nonclassical radiation of a single stored ion

Frank Diedrich and Herbert Walther
Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 203 – Published 19 January 1987
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Abstract

The resonance fluorescence of a single atomic ion stored in a radio-frequency trap was investigated. The photon correlation in the fluorescent light shows antibunching, and the probability distribution of the photon number is sub-Poissonian, both of these being properties of a nonclassical radiation field.

  • Received 27 October 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.203

©1987 American Physical Society

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Frank Diedrich and Herbert Walther

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik and Sektion Physik, Universitat München, 8046 Garching, Federal Republic of Germany

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Vol. 58, Iss. 3 — 19 January 1987

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