Physical Review A

Enhancement of Stokes–anti-Stokes correlations by the classical incoherent incident light

Vladislav Yu. Shishkov, E. S. Andrianov, Alexander Pukhov, Alexey P. Vinogradov

Published Jan 14, 2021• 3 citations

Abstract

It is known that spontaneous Raman scattering is accompanied by the appearance of nonclassical cross correlations of photons at Stokes and anti-Stokes frequencies. Such correlations occur due to the internal nonlinear interaction between electronic and nuclear vibration degrees of freedom. Since the properties of a given media are unchangeable, the possibilities for controlling the cross correlations are limited. This, in turn, restricts the possible applications of the correlated light obtained during the spontaneous Raman scattering. In this work, we investigate the influence of statistical properties of an incident light on the cross correlations of Stokes and anti-Stokes light. We show that the incoherence of the incident light results not only in the incoherence of the scattered light but also in the enhancement of the interbeam coherence at different frequencies. We demonstrate that the cross correlations of Stokes and anti-Stokes light intensities are enhanced when the incident light with high second-order autocorrelation function is applied. Our results pave the way to control correlated light obtained in the process of spontaneous Raman scattering.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.103.013514

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