Published September 12, 1977
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Photon Antibunching in Resonance Fluorescence
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- Kimble, H. J.
- Dagenais, M.
- Mandel, L.
Abstract
The phenomenon of antibunching of photoelectric counts has been observed in resonance fluorescence experiments in which sodium atoms are continuously excited by a dye-laser beam. It is pointed out that, unlike photoelectric bunching, which can be given a semiclassical interpretation, antibunching is understandable only in terms of a quantized electromagnetic field. The measurement also provides rather direct evidence for an atom undergoing a quantum jump.
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©1977 The American Physical Society Received 22 July 1977 This research was supported by the National Science Foundation.Attached Files
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