SUPPRESSION OF FLUORESCENCE IN A LOSSLESS CAVITY

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作者
ALSING, PM [1 ]
CARDIMONA, DA [1 ]
CARMICHAEL, HJ [1 ]
机构
[1] PHILLIPS LAB, NONLINEAR OPT CTR TECHNOL, KIRTLAND AFB, NM 87117 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 45卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.45.1793
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
In this paper we theoretically investigate the behavior of a two-level atom in a lossless cavity driven by an external field. Using classical electrodynamics to describe the external field while quantizing the cavity field, we find that the cavity field is excited to a coherent state whose amplitude is equal to that of the external field, but shifted 180-degrees in phase. This results in the disappearance of the atomic resonance fluorescence (i.e., the atom stops interacting with the fields). When we quantize the external field the effect persists. A fully quantized dressed-state approach provides some helpful insight and a nice analogy to another problem in which the resonance fluorescence vanishes.
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页码:1793 / 1803
页数:11
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