Cooperative quantum jumps for three dipole-interacting atoms

dc.creatorHannstein, Volker
dc.creatorHegerfeldt, Gerhard C.
dc.date2004-01-09
dc.date2004-08-18
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dc.descriptionWe investigate the effect of the dipole-dipole interaction on the quantum jump statistics of three atoms. This is done for three-level systems in a V configuration and in what may be called a D configuration. The transition rates between the four different intensity periods are calculated in closed form. Cooperative effects are shown to increase by a factor of 2 compared to two of either three-level systems. This results in transition rates that are, for distances of about one wavelength of the strong transition, up to 100% higher than for independent systems. In addition the double and triple jump rates are calculated from the transition rates. In this case cooperative effects of up to 170% for distances of about one wavelength and still up to 15% around 10 wavelengths are found. Nevertheless, for the parameters of an experiment with Hg+ ions the effects are negligible, in agreement with the experimental data. For three Ba+ ions this seems to indicate that the large cooperative effects observed experimentally cannot be explained by the dipole-dipole interaction.
dc.description9 pages, 9 figures. Revised version, to be published in PRA
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0401050
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0401050
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A 70, 023820 (2004)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.70.023820
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/91742
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleCooperative quantum jumps for three dipole-interacting atoms
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