Effect of laser linewidths and collisions on resonance fluorescence in a squeezed vacuum
S. Smart, S. Swain
We study the system of a single two-level atom interacting with a braodband squeezed vacuum and a classical applied field. The atom is subject to collisions, and the applied field may possess a finite linewidth. The atomic populations, coherences, resonance fluorescence spectrum, and intensity fluctuation spectrum are calculated. Wherever practicable, analytic expressions are obtained that show the dependence of these quantities on the damping parameters. Numerical plots are presented. Two qualitative results that we obtain are the following: (a) we show that the dependence of the populations on the squeezing phase is increased by increasing the damping parameters, contrary to what might at first have been expected, and (b) we show that, in the absence of external damping, the squeezing induces strong asymmetries in the off-resonant resonance fluorescence spectra.
Physical Review A•May 1, 1992•31 citations