Photon antibunching of resonance fluorescence radiation from an atomic beam with a fluctuating number of atoms

M. Schubert, K.-È. Süsse, W. Vogel, D.-G. Welsch, B. Wilhelmi


Abstract: The applicability of several photon antibunching criteria to transient optical fields is studied. The results are used to investigate resonance fluorescence from an atomic beam with a fluctuating number of atoms. It is shown that photon antibunching is observed provided that the average number of atoms and the background noise are sufficiently low.

UDC: 621.373.826

PACS: 32.50.+d, 42.50.+q

Received: 02.04.1981

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1982, 12:3, 293–295

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