OPTICAL BISTABILITY AND PHOTON STATISTICS IN CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS

被引：278
作者：
REMPE, G
THOMPSON, RJ
BRECHA, RJ
LEE, WD
KIMBLE, HJ
机构：
[1] Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics 12-33, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1991年 / 67卷 / 13期
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D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1727
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
The quantum statistical behavior of a small collection of N two-state atoms strongly coupled to the field of a high-finesse optical cavity is investigated. Input-output characteristics are recorded over the range 3 less-than-or-similar-to N less-than-or-similar-to 65, with bistability observed for N greater-than-or-similar-to 15 intracavity atoms and for a saturation photon number n0 congruent-to 0.8. For weak excitation the transmitted field exhibits photon antibunching as a nonclassical manifestation of state reduction and quantum interference with the magnitude of the nonclassical effects largely independent of N.
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页码：1727 / 1730
页数：4
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