Abstract
We have measured the second-order correlation function of the cavity-QED microlaser output and observed a transition from photon bunching to antibunching with increasing average number of intracavity atoms. The observed correlation times and the transition from super- to sub-Poisson photon statistics can be well described by gain-loss feedback or enhanced-reduced restoring action against fluctuations in photon number in the context of a quantum microlaser theory and a photon rate equation picture. However, the theory predicts a degree of antibunching several times larger than that observed, which may indicate the inadequacy of its treatment of atomic velocity distributions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 093603 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 Mar 13 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Observation of sub-poisson photon statistics in the cavity-QED microlaser. / Choi, Wonshik; Lee, Jai Hyung; An, Kyungwon; Fang-Yen, Christopher; Dasari, R. R.; Feld, M. S.
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T1 - Observation of sub-poisson photon statistics in the cavity-QED microlaser
AU - Choi, Wonshik
AU - Lee, Jai Hyung
AU - An, Kyungwon
AU - Fang-Yen, Christopher
AU - Dasari, R. R.
AU - Feld, M. S.
PY - 2006/3/13
Y1 - 2006/3/13
N2 - We have measured the second-order correlation function of the cavity-QED microlaser output and observed a transition from photon bunching to antibunching with increasing average number of intracavity atoms. The observed correlation times and the transition from super- to sub-Poisson photon statistics can be well described by gain-loss feedback or enhanced-reduced restoring action against fluctuations in photon number in the context of a quantum microlaser theory and a photon rate equation picture. However, the theory predicts a degree of antibunching several times larger than that observed, which may indicate the inadequacy of its treatment of atomic velocity distributions.
AB - We have measured the second-order correlation function of the cavity-QED microlaser output and observed a transition from photon bunching to antibunching with increasing average number of intracavity atoms. The observed correlation times and the transition from super- to sub-Poisson photon statistics can be well described by gain-loss feedback or enhanced-reduced restoring action against fluctuations in photon number in the context of a quantum microlaser theory and a photon rate equation picture. However, the theory predicts a degree of antibunching several times larger than that observed, which may indicate the inadequacy of its treatment of atomic velocity distributions.
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