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arXiv:quant-ph/0010063 · Physical Review Letters

Vacuum-Stimulated Raman Scattering Based on Adiabatic Passage in a High-Finesse Optical Cavity

Markus Hennrich, Thomas Legero, Axel Kuhn, Gerhard Rempe

Published Dec 4, 2000• 248 citations
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Abstract

We report on the first observation of stimulated Raman scattering from a Lambda-type three-level atom, where the stimulation is realized by the vacuum field of a high-finesse optical cavity. The scheme produces one intracavity photon by means of an adiabatic passage technique based on a counterintuitive interaction sequence between pump laser and cavity field. This photon leaves the cavity through the less-reflecting mirror. The emission rate shows a characteristic dependence on the cavity and pump detuning, and the observed spectra have a subnatural linewidth. The results are in excellent agreement with numerical simulations.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.85.4872

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