Quantum mechanical counterpart of nonlinear optics
量子物理
2009-10-30 v1
摘要
Raman-type laser excitation of a trapped atom allows one to realize the quantum mechanical counterpart of phenomena of nonlinear optics, such as Kerr-type nonlinearities, parametric amplification, and multi-mode mixing. Additionally, huge nonlinearities emerge from the interference of the atomic wave function with the laser waves. They lead to a partitioning of the phase space accompanied by a significantly different action of the time evolution in neighboring phase-space zones. For example, a nonlinearly modified coherent "displacement" of the motional quantum state may induce strong amplitude squeezing and quantum interferences.
引用
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9705027,
title = {Quantum mechanical counterpart of nonlinear optics},
author = {S. Wallentowitz and W. Vogel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9705027},
year = {2009}
}
备注
6 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. A 55 (June)