INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS IN A FREQUENCY DOWN-CONVERSION PROCESS WITH 3-LEVEL ATOMS

被引:53
作者
BLOCKLEY, CA
WALLS, DF
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 43卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.43.5049
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An ideal nondegenerate parametric oscillator is known to give perfect squeezing in the difference of the intensities of the signal and idler modes. In this paper, we look at a frequency down-conversion system comprising three-level atoms in a cavity. The squeezing in the intensity difference is calculated and found, in general, to be degraded by spontaneous emission. In the limit of large detunings, the system is found to behave as a nondegenerate parametric oscillator.
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页码:5049 / 5056
页数:8
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