Published June 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Depolarization of atomic two-photon radiation

  • 1. Dept. of Physics, B Z Univ., Multan (Pakistan)
  • 2. Unit of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Univ. Stirling (United Kingdom)

Description

A technique of depolarization is used to investigate the coherence and spectral properties of the radiation emitted in the two-photon decay of metastable atomic deuterium. The results agree with the quantum mechanical predictions but may also be interpreted to show that a single photon of a two-photon pair can be considered to have a very short coherence length, a very short coherence time and a broad bandwidth, all limited, in practive, by the transmission properties of the detection system. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Zeitschrift fuer Physik. D, Atoms, Molecules and Clusters
Journal Volume
30
Journal Issue
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 231-234.
ISSN
0178-7683
CODEN
ZDACE2

Conference

Title
7. international symposium on polarization and correlation in electronic and atomic collisions.
Dates
29-31 Jul 1993.
Place
Bielefeld (Germany).