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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)

Observation of time-dependent third-order correlations in cavity QED

Christian Sames, M. Koch, Maximilian Balbach, Haytham Chibani, Alexander Kubanek, Tatjana Wilk, Karim Murr, Gerhard Rempe

Published May 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present measurements of the time-dependent, third-order intensity correlation function of a genuine quantum system. It consists of a neutral85Rb atom strongly coupled to a single mode of a high-finesse optical cavity.
DOI
10.1109/cleoe.2011.5943403

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