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arXiv:1906.11449 · Physical Review Letters

Continuous Generation of Quantum Light from a Single Ground-State Atom in an Optical Cavity

Celso J. Villas-Bôas, Karl Nicolas Tolazzi, Bo Wang, Christopher Ianzano, Gerhard Rempe

Published Mar 6, 2020• 17 citations
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Abstract

We show an optical wave-mixing scheme that generates quantum light by means of a single three-level atom. The atom couples to an optical cavity and two laser fields that together drive a cycling current within the atom. Weak driving in combination with strong atom-cavity coupling induces transitions in a harmonic ladder of dark states, accompanied by single-photon emission via a quantum Zeno effect and suppression of atomic excitation via quantum interference. For strong driving, the system can generate coherent or Schrödinger cat-like fields with frequencies distinct from those of the applied lasers.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.124.093603

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