arXiv:quant-ph/0103033 · Physical Review A

Monitoring the dipole-dipole interaction via quantum jumps of individual atoms

C. Skornia, Joachim von Zanthier, G. S. Agarwal, E. Werner, HERBERT WALTHER

Published Oct 2, 2001• 21 citations

Abstract

The emission characteristics in the fluorescence of two laser-driven dipole-dipole-interacting three-level atoms is investigated. When the light from both atoms is detected separately a correlation of the emission processes is observed in dependence of the dipole-dipole interaction. This opens the possibility to investigate the dipole-dipole interaction through the emission behavior. We present quantum Monte Carlo simulations which are in good agreement with the analytic solutions.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.64.053803

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