Quantum Stochastic Resonance in a Micromaser

Andreas Buchleitner; Rosario N. Mantegna

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3932

Quantum Stochastic Resonance in a Micromaser

Andreas Buchleitner and Rosario N. Mantegna

Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 3932 – Published 4 May 1998

Abstract

We demonstrate that quantum stochastic resonance allows for the noise-controlled synchronization of quantum jumps between the metastable states of the quantized radiation field in a micromaser. Under readily accessible experimental conditions optimal synchronization is achieved at a finite temperature $T = 500 mK$ of the environment.

Received 25 November 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3932

Authors & Affiliations

Andreas Buchleitner^1,2 and Rosario N. Mantegna³

¹Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, D-85748, Garching, Germany
²Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
³Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Unità di Palermo and Dipartimento di Energetica ed Applicazioni di Fisica, Università di Palermo Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy