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arXiv:1911.00893 · Physical Review A

Coherent photon coincidence spectroscopy of single quantum systems

Matthew Otten, Tristan Kenneweg, Matthias Hensen, Stephen K. Gray, Walter Pfeiffer

Published Oct 28, 2020• 2 citations
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Abstract

The authors propose a coherent photon coincidence spectroscopy, a variant of nonlinear spectroscopy for single quantum systems. Based on quantum dynamics simulations of two example systems, the technique is shown to provide valuable dynamical information on the investigated systems.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.102.043118

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