Acta Physica Sinica
TIME CHARACTERISTICS OF PHASE FLUCTUATION AND COHERENCE OF A COHERENT FIELD INTERACTING WITH AN ATOM
Fan A, Z Wang, Nian X. Sun
Abstract
Based on the phase formalism of Pegg-Barnett and the quantum theory of opti. cal coherence of Glauber, the time characteristics of quantum phase fluctuation, quantum coherence and photon-number distribution of a coherent field interacting with a two-level atom in a ideal cavity are studied using dressed-atom states. The calculated results show that, in the case of resonant interaction of the atom and field, the atom acts as non-linear filter; quantum phase property and coherence of the field are also complementary in the way of description on optical incoherence.