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Phys. Rev. A 77, 033850 (2008) [7 pages]

Photon-photon correlations as a probe of vacuum-induced coherence effects

Sumanta Das and G. S. Agarwal
Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, USA
Received 12 November 2007; published 27 March 2008

We show how the effects of vacuum-induced coherence can be realized by studying photon-photon correlation in the pi-polarized fluorescence in the j=1/2 to j=1/2 transition. These effects should thus be observable in measurements of photon statistics in, for example, Hg and Ba ion traps.

©2008 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.033850
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.033850
PACS: 42.50.Ar; 42.50.Dv; 42.50.Lc
  • 42.50.Ar
    Photon statistics and coherence theory
  • 42.50.Dv
    Quantum state engineering and measurements (quantum optics)
  • 42.50.Lc
    Quantum fluctuations, quantum noise, and quantum jumps (quantum optics)
  • YEAR: 2008
KEYWORDS: atom optics, fluorescence, particle traps, quantum interference phenomena, quantum optics, radiation pressure

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