Physical Review Letters

Complex Quantum Structure of Nonclassical Superposition States and Quantum Instability in Resonance Fluorescence

S. Ya. Kilin, V. N. Shatokhin

Published Feb 12, 1996• 12 citations

Abstract

It is shown that the complex quantum structure of nonclassical superposition states and strong atom-field entanglement are reflected in instability of resonance fluorescence driven by optical field being initially excited into the superposition of two phase shifted coherent states.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.76.1051

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