Constructive and destructive interference in spontaneous emission from a three-level atom Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • The constructive and destructive nature of the interference for the spontaneous emission from a three-level atom have been discussed by using dressed states. There is an interference if the upper level of the spontaneous emission is driven by a coherent field, while there is no interference if the lower level of the spontaneous emission is driven by the field. What interference (constructive or destructive one) we will get at a fixed frequency depends on the initial condition of the atom.

name of conference

  • Coherent Phenomena and Amplification without Inversion

published proceedings

  • Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering

author list (cited authors)

  • Zhu, S., Narducci, L. M., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Zhu, Shi-Yao||Narducci, Lorenzo M||Scully, Marlan O

editor list (cited editors)

  • Andreev, A. L., Kocharovskaya, O. A., & Mandel, P.

publication date

  • May 1996