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View SchemaObservation of sub-Poisson photon statistics in the cavity-QED microlaser
| Authors | Wonshik Choi, Jai-Hyung Lee, Kyungwon An, C. Fang-Yen, R. R. Dasari, M. S. Feld |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0411147 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0411147 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.093603 |
Abstract
We have measured the second-order correlation function of the cavity-QED microlaser output and observed a transition from photon bunching to antibunching with increasing average number of intracavity atoms. The observed correlation times and the transition from super- to sub-Poisson photon statistics can be well described by gain-loss feedback or enhanced/reduced restoring action against fluctuations in photon number in the context of a quantum microlaser theory and a photon rate equation picture. However, the theory predicts a degree of antibunching several times larger than that observed, which may indicate the inadequacy of its treatment of atomic velocity distributions.
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"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.093603",
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