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There has been considerable interest recently in the theory [1–7] and measurement [8–10] of optical quantum jumps in a single atom. The novelty is in detecting a single atom event since in a group of atoms only some average emission is observed and the quantum jump effect is erased. The problem is a fundamental one, partly because it raises once again the measurement paradox of quantum mechanics and partly because the quantum statistics of spontaneous emission in a three-state atom had never been treated before.
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Brewer, K.G., Schenzle, A. (1987). Macroscopic Quantum Jumps in a Single Atom. In: Persson, W., Svanberg, S. (eds) Laser Spectroscopy VIII. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47973-4_28
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