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Photon statistics of resonance fluorescence of a two-level atom

Liangyun Liu, Yuzhu Wang

Published Oct 28, 1992• 0 citations

Abstract

In this paper, we calculate the photon statistics of resonance fluorescence of a two-level atom driven by a laser field. The results show that the photon statistics tend to Poissonian if we consider the photon statistics starting from the ground state of the atom. We propose a possible method to test the photon statistics of resonance fluorescence.

DOI: 10.1117/12.130408

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