QUANTUM COLLAPSES AND REVIVALS IN AN OPTICAL CAVITY

被引:101
作者
QUANG, T [1 ]
KNIGHT, PL [1 ]
BUZEK, V [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI & TECHNOL, BLACKETT LAB, OPT SECT, LONDON SW7 2BZ, ENGLAND
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 44卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.44.6092
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We study the influence of the atomic spontaneous-emission decay on the collapse-revival phenomena in the optical region. We demonstrate that revivals of the atomic inversion are much more sensitive to cavity-field damping than to spontaneous emission. This suggests that the additional dissipation caused by spontaneous emission would not offer an insurmountable obstacle to the experimental observation of optical revivals in high-Q cavities.
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页码:6092 / 6108
页数:17
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