Phonon Signatures in Photon Correlations
Quantum Physics
2023-10-09 v2 Chemical Physics
Abstract
We show that the second-order, two-time correlation functions for phonons and photons emitted from a vibronic molecule in a thermal bath result in bunching and anti-bunching (a purely quantum effect), respectively. Signatures relating to phonon exchange with the environment are revealed in photon-photon correlations. We demonstrate that cross-correlation functions have a strong dependence on the order of detection giving insight into how phonon dynamics influences the emission of light. This work offers new opportunities to investigate quantum effects in condensed-phase molecular systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2302.01105,
title = {Phonon Signatures in Photon Correlations},
author = {Ben S. Humphries and Dale Green and Magnus O. Borgh and Garth A. Jones},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.01105},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
Author accepted manuscript. 7 pages, 3 figures plus 5 pages of Supplemental material with 7 figures