Physical Review Letters

Phase Control of Spontaneous Emission

Emmanuel Paspalakis, P. L. Knight

Published Jul 13, 1998• 411 citations

Abstract

We use the phase difference of two lasers with equal frequencies for the control of spontaneous emission in a four-level system. Effects such as extreme spectral narrowing and selective and total cancellation of fluorescence decay are shown as the relative phase is varied.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.81.293

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