Observation of squeezed light from one atom excited with two photons

Nature

Volumn 474, Issue 7353, 2011, Pages 623-626

  Ourjoumtsev, A ^a,b   Kubanek, A ^a   Koch, M ^a   Sames, C ^a   Pinkse, P W H ^a,c   Rempe, G ^a   Murr, K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONLINEARITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; EXCITATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NOISE; PHOTON; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION BEAM;

EID: 79959823686     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10170     Document Type: Article

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