Generating and probing a two-photon Fock state with a single atom in a cavity

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作者：

Bertet, P

Osnaghi, S

Milman, P

Auffeves, A

Maioli, P

Brune, M

Raimond, JM

Haroche, S

机构：

[1] Ecole Normale Super, Dept Phys, Lab Kastler Brossel, F-75231 Paris 05, France

[2] Coll France, F-75005 Paris, France

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2002年 / 88卷 / 14期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.143601

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

A two-photon Fock state is prepared in a cavity sustaining a source mode and a target mode, with a single circular Rydberg atom. In a third-order Raman process, the atom emits a photon in the target while scattering one photon from the source into the target. The final two-photon state is probed by measuring by Ramsey interferometry the cavity light shifts induced by the target field on the same atom. Extensions to other multiphoton processes and to a new type of micromaser are briefly discussed.

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