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arXiv:quant-ph/0508026 · Physical Review A

Switching between photon-photon correlations and Raman anticorrelations in a coherently prepared Rb vapor

Vladimir A. Sautenkov, Yuri V. Rostovtsev, Marlan O. Scully

Published Dec 13, 2005• 90 citations
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Abstract

We have experimentally observed switching between photon-photon correlations and anticorrelations between two orthogonally polarized laser beams in an electromagnetically induced transparency configuration in Rb vapor. The correlation and anticorrelation switching occurs at a specific magnetic field strength.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.72.065801

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