Journal article
Quantum interference effects in spontaneous atomic emission: Dependence of the resonance fluorescence spectrum on the phase of the driving field
Physical review. A, v 55(6), pp 4483-4491
01 Jun 1997
Abstract
We discuss quantum interference effects in the resonance fluorescence spectrum of a ii three-level atom when the lower-level doublet is driven by a coherent field. The interfering pathways that lead to the same final state involve both spontaneous decays and stimulated transitions, and differ from one another by an odd number of stimulated processes induced by the driving field. As a consequence, the interference structures depend upon the phase of the coherent field, an effect that is absent in other resonance fluorescence phenomena. The phase dependence of the quantum interference contribution is especially significant when the level splitting of the driven doublet is comparable to the spontaneous decay rates of the competing optical paths.
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- Title
- Quantum interference effects in spontaneous atomic emission: Dependence of the resonance fluorescence spectrum on the phase of the driving field
- Creators
- MAG MartinezP R Herczfeld - Drexel UniversityC Samuels - Drexel UniversityL M Narducci - Drexel UniversityC H Keitel - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
- Publication Details
- Physical review. A, v 55(6), pp 4483-4491
- Publisher
- Amer Physical Soc
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1997XE37200070
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0031168776
- Other Identifier
- 991019167873504721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Optics
- Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical