Stimulated Emission from a Single Excited Atom in a Waveguide

Eden Rephaeli and Shanhui Fan
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 143602 – Published 3 April 2012
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Abstract

We study stimulated emission from an excited two-level atom coupled to a waveguide containing an incident single-photon pulse. We show that the strong photon correlation, as induced by the atom, plays a very important role in stimulated emission. Additionally, the temporal duration of the incident photon pulse is shown to have a marked effect on stimulated emission and atomic lifetime.

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  • Received 6 September 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.143602

© 2012 American Physical Society

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Eden Rephaeli1,* and Shanhui Fan2,†

  • 1Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
  • 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA

  • *edenr@stanford.edu
  • †shanhui@stanford.edu

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Vol. 108, Iss. 14 — 6 April 2012

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