The two-photon Rydberg atom micromaser

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/3.970· OSTI ID:6919238

Brune, M; Raimond, J M; Goy, P; Davidovich, L; Haroche, S

The authors recently operated a Rydberg atom maser on a two-photon degenerate atomic transition. This device combines two interesting features: it is a quantum oscillator working on an intrinsically nonlinear effect and it is a micromaser, with only a few atoms and few tens of photons at a time in the cavity. In this paper, they discuss why Rydberg atom-superconducting cavity systems are well adapted for two-photon maser studies and the authors analyze the main properties of this new device by comparing it to Rydberg masers operating on one-photon transitions.

• Research Organization: Departement de Physique de l'E.N.S., Paris (FR)
• OSTI ID: 6919238
• Journal Information: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States) Vol. 24:7; ISSN IEJQA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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