Quantum-Optical Signatures of Stimulated Emission

R.J. Beach, Michelle D. Shinn, L. Davis +2 more

Rahul Trivedi, Kevin A. Fischer, Shanshan Xu +2 more

Andreas Reichegger, Jörg Evers

The temporal dynamics of stimulated emission is studied, with particular emphasis on stimulated emission induced by x-ray pulses interacting with nuclei. In typical nuclear forward scattering experiments, the short incident x-ray pulse is accompanied by a huge number of off-resonant background photons. This prompts the question of whether stimulated emission can be observed in the delayed nuclear scattering signal which is emitted after the incident pulse has passed. We find that the stimulated photons essentially overlap with the stimulating pulse. To overcome this problem, we identify the reduction of the delayed scattered light intensity as an alternative signature for the stimulated emission. We further study a phase-sensitive variant of stimulated emission in the low-excitation regime, which provides convenient control parameters to facilitate the detection. Finally, we analyze the possibility of observing stimulated emission in nuclei driven by free electron lasers or synchrotron radiation sources.

Sintayehu Tesfa

D. Valente, S. Portolan, Gilles Nogues +5 more

We theoretically investigate signatures of stimulated emission at the single-photon level for a two-level atom interacting with a one-dimensional light field. We consider the transient regime where the atom is initially excited, and the steady-state regime where the atom is continuously driven with an external pump. The influence of pure dephasing is studied, clearly showing that these effects can be evidenced with state-of-the-art solid-state devices. We finally propose a scheme to demonstrate the stimulation of one optical transition by monitoring another one, in three-level one-dimensional atoms.

Chang-qi Cao

A system consisted of a three-level quantum dot coupled to a single mode of an optical microcavity is investigated.Using the numerical calculation method,the net stimulated emission dynamical evolution with the variation of the coupling strength between the quantum dot and the single mode of the optical microcavity is studied,which is based on quantum-optical master equations. The effect of the decay rate between the laser levels on the net stimulated emission is also studied. When the coupling strength between the quantum dot and the single mode of the optical cavity is larger, the net stimulated emission is prone to a saturation curve sooner. These saturation curves get to a limit value with the increasing value of the coupling strength sooner. The net stimulated emission curves show the opposite law with the increasing value of the decay rate between the laser levels.