Physical Review A
Emission spectra of a Λ-type quantum-beat three-level atom
M. M. Ashraf
Abstract
The emission spectra of a \ensuremath{\Lambda}-type quantum-beat three-level atomic system in a cavity is investigated. Our results suggest that the atom cannot interact with a single-mode squeezed vacuum. A variety of field inputs exhibit nonclassical effects, including the vacuum Rabi splitting and quantum beats, only for low field intensities. In the case of a coherent field input, sidebands appear whose widths are governed by the input field statistics. Off-resonant spectra exhibit transitions from predominantly spontaneous to predominantly stimulated emission.