Resonance fluorescence from an atom in a squeezed vacuum

H. J. Carmichael, A. S. Lane, and D. F. Walls
Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 2539 – Published 15 June 1987
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Abstract

The fluorescent spectrum for a two-level atom which is damped by a squeezed vacuum shows striking differences from the spectrum for ordinary resonance fluorescence. For strong coherent driving fields the Mollow triplet depends on the relative phase of the driving field and the squeezed vacuum field. The central peak may have either subnatural linewidth or supernatural linewidth depending on this phase. The mean atomic polarization also shows a phase sensitivity.

  • Received 12 January 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.2539

©1987 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

H. J. Carmichael

  • Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

A. S. Lane

  • Department of Physics, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

D. F. Walls

  • Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona 85721

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Vol. 58, Iss. 24 — 15 June 1987

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