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Stokes--anti-Stokes light scattering process: -- A photon-wave-function approach

Quantum Physics 2020-12-08 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Optics

Abstract

The Photon wave function Formalism provides an alternative description of some quantum optical phenomena in a more intuitive way. We use this formalism to describe the process of correlated Stokes--anti-Stokes Raman scattering. In this process, two photons from a laser beam are inelastically scattered by a phonon created by the first photon (Stokes processes) and annihilated by the second photon (anti-Stokes process), producing a Stokes--anti-Sokes (SaS) photon pair. We arrive at an expression for the two-photon wave function of the scattered SaS photon pair, which is in agreement with a number of experimental results.

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@article{arxiv.2007.05357,
  title  = {Stokes--anti-Stokes light scattering process: -- A photon-wave-function approach},
  author = {A. V. A. Guimarães and M. F. Santos and A. Jorio and C. H. Monken},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.05357},
  year   = {2020}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure

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