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arXiv:1204.4668 · Physical Review Letters

Stimulated Emission from a Single Excited Atom in a Waveguide

Eden Rephaeli, Shanhui Fan

Published Apr 3, 2012• 69 citations
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Abstract

We study stimulated emission from an excited two-level atom coupled to a waveguide containing an incident single-photon pulse. We show that the strong photon correlation, as induced by the atom, plays a very important role in stimulated emission. Additionally, the temporal duration of the incident photon pulse is shown to have a marked effect on stimulated emission and atomic lifetime.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.108.143602

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