Published January 7, 2014 | Version v1
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Statistics of scattered photons from a driven three-level emitter in 1D open space

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Theoretical Div. and Center for Nonlinear Studies
  • 2. Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan (India). Integrated Science Education and Research Centre

Description

We derive the statistics of scattered photons from a ?- or ladder-type three-level emitter (3LE) embedded in a 1D open waveguide. The weak probe photons in the waveguide are coupled to one of the two allowed transitions of the 3LE, and the other transition is driven by a control beam. This system shows electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) which is accompanied with the Autler-Townes splitting (ATS) at a strong driving by the control beam, and some of these effects have been observed recently. We show that the nature of second-order coherence of the transmitted probe photons near two-photon resonance changes from bunching to antibunching to constant as strength of the control beam is ramped up from zero to a higher value where the ATS appears.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
Report number
LA-UR--14-20057

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
46111064
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; COUPLING; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; OPACITY; PHOTON-ATOM COLLISIONS; PHOTONS; PROBES; RESONANCE; STATISTICS; WAVEGUIDES
Descriptors DEC
ATOM COLLISIONS; BOSONS; COLLISIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTON COLLISIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC52-06NA25396
Funding organization
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) (United States)
Secondary number(s)
OSTIID--1113787