Physical Review Letters

Stochastic Resonance in the Coherence of a Quantum System

Thomas Wellens, Andreas Buchleitner

Published May 29, 2000• 26 citations

Abstract

We demonstrate the noise-induced amplification of a weak periodic signal inscribed in the coherence of a two-level atom, interacting with a single mode of the quantized radiation field coupled to a dissipative environment.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.84.5118

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