Nonclassical interference effects in the radiation from coherently driven uncorrelated atoms

Skornia C, von Zanthier J, Agarwal GS, Werner E, Walther H (2001)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2001

Journal

Physical Review A American Physical Society

Publisher: American Physical Society

Book Volume: 64

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.063801

Abstract

We demonstrate the existence of nonclassical correlations in the radiation of two atoms, that Lire coherently driven by a continuous laser source. The photon-photon correlations of the fluorescence light show a spatial interference pattern not present in a classical treatment, A feature of this phenomenon is that bunched and antibunched light is emitted in different spatial directions. The calculations are performed analytically. It is pointed out that the correlations are induced by state reduction due to the measurement process when the detection of the photons does not distinguish between the atoms. It is interesting to note that the phenomena shorn up even without any interatomic interaction.

Authors with CRIS profile

Joachim von Zanthier Quantum Optics & Quantum Information

Involved external institutions

Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) / Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik DE Germany (DE) Oklahoma State University US United States (USA) (US) Universität Regensburg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Skornia, C., von Zanthier, J., Agarwal, G.S., Werner, E., & Walther, H. (2001). Nonclassical interference effects in the radiation from coherently driven uncorrelated atoms. Physical Review A, 64(6). https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.063801

MLA:

Skornia, Christoph, et al. "Nonclassical interference effects in the radiation from coherently driven uncorrelated atoms." Physical Review A 64.6 (2001).

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