Quantum statistics and photon correlation effects in parametric fluorescence

Henk F. Arnoldus, Gerard Nienhuis

Henk F. Arnoldus, Gerard Nienhuis

Benno H. W. Hendriks, Gerard Nienhuis

We have studied the modification of the photon statistics of the resonance fluorescence of a coherently driven two-state atom due to the presence of a phase-conjugate mirror (PCM) or a degenerate parametric amplifier (DPA). In both cases, we give explicit expressions for the n-fold intensity correlation function. We find that the photon statistics depends on the relative phase of the PCM or DPA and the driving field. The non-classical properties of the photon statistics can be enhanced because of the presence of the PCM or of the DPA, when the decay of the coherences is obstructed.

R. I. Sokolovskiǐ

Gagik Yu. Kryuchkyan, Matthias Jakob, A.S. Sargsian

The photon correlation phenomenon and photon count statistics in the resonance fluorescence of a two-level atom interacting with a strong bichromatic field are investigated. An analytical result is obtained for the second-order correlation function. Unusual quantum-statistical properties of the fluorescent radiation are obtained, and effects on the photon correlation influenced by electromagnetic reservoirs is shown.

M. S. Kim, P. L. Knight, K. Wódkiewicz