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Unlocking multiphoton emission from a single-photon source through mean-field engineering

Sang Kyu Kim, Eduardo Zubizarreta Casalengua, Katarina Boos, Friedrich Sbresny, Carolin Calcagno, Hubert Riedl, Jonathan James Finley, C. Antón, Fabrice P. Laussy, Lukas Hanschke, Elena del Valle, Kai Müller

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate that multiphoton fluctuations in the resonance fluorescence of a two-level system govern the underlying physics of shaping the finally observed quantum-optical emission, despite their small quantitative contribution.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2025.jps200_174

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