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Dressed-atom approach to strong-field double-resonance fluorescence with laser phase fluctuations

T. A. B. Kennedy, S. Swain

Published Aug 1, 1987• 8 citations

Abstract

We discuss analytically the resonance fluorescence of a three-level ladder system whose two transitions are simultaneously saturated by the fields from two lasers. The laser fields have fluctuating phases, which may be correlated to some extent. We generalize the dressed-atom approach of Cohen-Tannoudji and Reynaud [J. Phys. B 10, 345 (1977)] to deal with phase fluctuations under conditions of overall two-photon resonance, but not single-photon resonance on the individual transitions. In this respect we also generalize the master-equation approach of Lawande, Puri, and D'Souza [Phys. Rev. A 33, 2504 (1986)]. The effect of spontaneous emission and laser fluctuations on the resonance fluorescence quintet is discussed in detail, and shown to marked effects. We also investigate the effect of these quantities on the steady-state dressed-atom occupation probabilities, and point out that the double-resonance experiment can be used to prepare the atom in a given dressed state with high probability.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.36.1747

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