Narrowband Biphoton Generation with Four-Wave Mixing in a Far-Detuning Three-Level System
CHEN Peng, ZHOU Shu-Yu, XU Zhen, DUAN Ya-Fan, CUI Guo-Dong, HONG Tao, WANG Yu-Zhu**
Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Center for Cold Atom Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
Narrowband Biphoton Generation with Four-Wave Mixing in a Far-Detuning Three-Level System
CHEN Peng, ZHOU Shu-Yu, XU Zhen, DUAN Ya-Fan, CUI Guo-Dong, HONG Tao, WANG Yu-Zhu**
Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Center for Cold Atom Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
摘要Non-classical paired photons are generated by a four-wave mixing process in a far-detuning three-level system with cold atoms. A violation of the Cauchy–Schwartz inequality of a factor of 310 is observed. This phenomenon shows that paired photons have a non-classical correlation. The experimental results are compared with theoretical results obtained using perturbation theory. The oscillation frequencies of the two-photon intensity correlation functions are in reasonable agreement with the effective Rabi frequencies of the coupling laser. However, we find that the dephasing rates (or decay rates) observed are far larger than the theoretical values.
Abstract：Non-classical paired photons are generated by a four-wave mixing process in a far-detuning three-level system with cold atoms. A violation of the Cauchy–Schwartz inequality of a factor of 310 is observed. This phenomenon shows that paired photons have a non-classical correlation. The experimental results are compared with theoretical results obtained using perturbation theory. The oscillation frequencies of the two-photon intensity correlation functions are in reasonable agreement with the effective Rabi frequencies of the coupling laser. However, we find that the dephasing rates (or decay rates) observed are far larger than the theoretical values.
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