Constructive and destructive interference in spontaneous emission from a three-level atom
Shi‐Yao Zhu, Lorenzo M. Narducci, Marlan O. Scully
The constructive and destructive nature of the interference for the spontaneous emission from a three-level atom have been discussed by using dressed states. There is an interference if the upper level of the spontaneous emission is driven by a coherent field, while there is no interference if the lower level of the spontaneous emission is driven by the field. What interference (constructive or destructive one) we will get at a fixed frequency depends on the initial condition of the atom.
Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE•May 10, 1996•0 citations