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Inhibition of Atomic Phase Decays by Squeezed Light: A Direct Effect of Squeezing

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Quantum Optics IV

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It is shown that by reducing the electromagnetic field fluctuations in one quadrature phase, squeezed light can inhibit the phase decay of an atom. The effect is to give three relaxation times; the usual longitudinal relaxation time, and two different transverse relaxation times, which are inversely proportional to the variances of the two quadrature phases of the incident light.

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  1. Physics Department, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    C. W. Gardiner

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  1. University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand

    John D. Harvey

  2. Department of Physics, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Daniel F. Walls

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Gardiner, C.W. (1986). Inhibition of Atomic Phase Decays by Squeezed Light: A Direct Effect of Squeezing. In: Harvey, J.D., Walls, D.F. (eds) Quantum Optics IV. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71407-8_2

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