PHOTON STATISTICS IN RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE - RESULTS FROM AN ATOMIC-BEAM DEFLECTION EXPERIMENT

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HOOGERLAND, MD
WIJNANDS, MNJH
SENHORST, HAJ
BEIJERINCK, HCW
VANLEEUWEN, KAH
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[1] Physics Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1559
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Photon-number statistics in resonance fluorescence is studied through the deflection of a beam of neon atoms in the metastable 3P2 state by radiation pressure. An analysis of the deflection profile leads to experimental values for the Mandel Q parameter as a function of laser intensity and detuning for different laser polarizations. The results confirm the predicted predominantly sub-Poissonian statistics. Good agreement is demonstrated with the results of a Monte Carlo calculation based on a pure-state analysis of resonance fluorescence. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:1559 / 1562
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