A proposed study of photon statistics in fluorescence through high resolution measurements of the transverse deflection of an atomic beam
1984; Elsevier BV; Volume: 8; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0079-6727(84)90017-x
ISSN1873-1627
AutoresKenneth H. Rubin, M. S. Lubell,
Tópico(s)Quantum optics and atomic interactions
ResumoInformation about the photon statistics in fluorescence can be obtained from the study of the variance in the angular deflection of a beam of atoms interacting with a transverse laser beam. The quantity of interest, Q = (Δn2 − n)/n is a measure of the departure of the photon statistics from a Poisson distribution, where n is the mean and Δn2 is the variance of the number of photons emitted by a “two-level” atom. We demonstrate in this paper that our existing apparatus has sufficient resolution to make a statistically significant measurement of Q.
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