Quantum theory of optical bistability. II. Atomic fluorescence in a high-cavity
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 23 (5), 2563-2579
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.23.2563
Abstract
A quantum treatment of a coherently driven cavity with a medium of two-level atoms is given. The system displays both absorptive and dispersive bistability. Quantum fluctuations are included via a Fokker-Planck equation in a generalized representation, after adiabatic elimination of the atomic variables. The transmitted spectrum and correlation function is calculated in a linearized (Gaussian) approximation. In the limit of large detuning and radiative damping, the quantum fluctuations are identical to those of a simple nonlinear polarizability theory. An analysis is given of the nonclassical statistical properties of the intensity-correlation spectrum.
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