Correlation measurements in cavity QED: detuning effects

Author

Foster, G.T. ; Mielke, S.L. ; Orozco, L.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

8-8 May 1998

Firstpage

9

Abstract

Summary form only given. The second-order correlation function of the intensity is a measurement of the intensity fluctuations and their enhancement or suppression relative to an ideal laser field. It is a sensitive probe of the dynamic processes involved in producing the light. We have measured the correlation function of the photons escaping from a cavity QED system consisting of a high-finesse interferometer traversed by an atomic beam of optically pumped Rb atoms. We observe nonclassical correlations, exhibiting antibunching and sub-Poissonian statistics.

Keywords

atomic beams; optical correlation; optical pumping; optical resonators; optical tuning; quantum electrodynamics; quantum optics; rubidium; statistical analysis; Rb; antibunching; atomic beam; cavity QED detuning effects; cavity QED system; correlation function; dynamic processes; high-finesse interferometer; ideal laser field; intensity fluctuations; nonclassical correlations; optical correlation measurements; optically pumped Rb atoms; second-order correlation function; sensitive probe; sub-Poissonian statistics; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Fluctuations; Optical beams; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Probes; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 1998. IQEC 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-541-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IQEC.1998.680006

Filename

680006