Measurement-induced spatial modulation of spontaneous decay and photon arrival times

von Zanthier J, Agarwal GS, Bastin T (2006)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Erratum

Publication year: 2006

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Publisher: American Physical Society

Book Volume: 74

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.061802

Abstract

We report a way of manipulating the spontaneous emission process leading to a spatial modulation of spontaneous decay. The effect is observed in the case of coherently driven atoms separated by less than a transition wavelength. It is quantified by Glauber's photon-photon second-order correlation function. We show that the photon arrival time, usually regarded as an entirely random process, depends not only on where a photon is detected but also on where a former photon had been recorded previously. Our results shed light on the unexpected consequences of state reduction and entanglement for the fundamental process of spontaneous emission.

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APA:

von Zanthier, J., Agarwal, G.S., & Bastin, T. (2006). Measurement-induced spatial modulation of spontaneous decay and photon arrival times. Physical Review A, 74(6). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.74.061802

MLA:

von Zanthier, Joachim, Girish S. Agarwal, and Thierry Bastin. "Measurement-induced spatial modulation of spontaneous decay and photon arrival times." Physical Review A 74.6 (2006).

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