MICROMASER WITH KERR NONLINEARITY

被引:34
作者
DEB, B
RAY, DS
机构
[1] Department of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1993年 / 48卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.48.3191
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A micromaser containing a Kerr medium in its cavity has been investigated. We have presented an exact solution to the model Hamiltonian, which, apart from the usual Jaynes-Cummings terms, contains a Kerr term (a(dagger2)a2). We have shown that the Kerr cavity nonlinearity significantly modifies the photon statistics of the micromaser field. Particularly, it is interesting to note that with the introduction of appropriate nonlinearity a micromaser can be made to approach towards a number state with a low number of photons.
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页码:3191 / 3195
页数:5
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