Induced emission due to the quantized motion of ultracold atoms passing through a micromaser cavity. Academic Article

abstract

• The abrupt change in the atom-field coupling strength which an atom experiences upon passing into and out of a micromaser cavity leads to changes in the atomic center-of-mass motion. For fast (thermal) atoms, small momentum changes give rise to stimulated emission. Very slow (laser-cooled) atoms, however, can be reflected from or tunnel through the cavity, and in the process undergo a new kind of induced emission. This changes the photon statistics of the micromaser completely. Resonances occur for particular values of the interaction length. 1996 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Scully, M. O., Meyer, G. M., & Walther, H.

citation count

• 120

complete list of authors

• Scully, MO||Meyer, GM||Walther, H

publication date

• May 1996

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review Letters  Journal

PubMed Central ID

• 10061212

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.4144

start page

• 4144

end page

• 4147

volume

• 76

issue

• 22