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Frontiers in Optics

Tuning of Quantum Correlations in Light Scattering around the Resonance of an Ensemble of Cold Two-Level Atoms

G. C. Borges, A. A. C. de Almeida, W. Martins, Guillaume Palacios, D. Felinto

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report the statistics of photon pairs generated via spontaneous four-wave mixing from an ensemble of two-level cold atoms in a low detuning regime and, consequently, the influence of optical depth (OD) on this regime.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2024.fth1b.3

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