Biphoton generation in a two-level atomic ensemble
- Physics Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250 (United States)
- Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)
We have theoretically studied the space-time entangled biphoton state generated from a two-level atomic system. In the photon counting measurement, the two-photon coincidence counting rate is a damped oscillation. The oscillation period is determined by the effective Rabi frequency and the damping rate is determined by the linewidth of the inhomogeneous-broadened ground state and the dipole dephasing rate. In an optical-pathway-balanced configuration, the two-photon temporal correlation shows an antibunching effect which corresponds to the interference between two types of nonlinear four-wave mixing processes occurring in such a two-level system. The visibility of the normalized second-order quantum coherence function g{sup (2)}({tau}) increases along with the increase of the effective Rabi frequency, but has an upper limit at 45%. We find agreement between the theory and the experiments [P. Kolchin et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 113602 (2006); S. Du, J.-M. Wen, M. H. Rubin, and G. Y. Yin, ibid 98, 053601 (2007)].
- OSTI ID:
- 20982400
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 75, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.033809; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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