2-PHOTON EXCITATION OF 3-LEVEL ATOMS IN A SQUEEZED VACUUM

Authors
EDAMATSU K GEORGIADES NP POLZIK ES KIMBLE HJ PARKINS AS
Citation
K. Edamatsu et al., 2-PHOTON EXCITATION OF 3-LEVEL ATOMS IN A SQUEEZED VACUUM, Progress in crystal growth and characterization of materials, 33(1-3), 1996, pp. 335-338
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography,"Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
Journal title
Progress in crystal growth and characterization of materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09608974
Volume
33
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
335 - 338
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-8974(1996)33:1-3<335:2EO3AI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We have investigated the two-photon transition (6S(1/2)-->6P(3/2)-->6D (5/2)) of trapped atomic Cesium for excitation by squeezed vacuum gene rated via nondegenerate (two-color) parametric down conversion, The ex citation rate exhibits a non-quadratic dependence of aI(2) + bI on the incident photon flux (I), reflecting the nonclassical correlations of the squeezed vacuum field.