Observation of Sub-Poissonian Photon Statistics

Short, R.; Mandel, L.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.384

Observation of Sub-Poissonian Photon Statistics

R. Short
(
- Rochester U.
)
,
L. Mandel
(
- Rochester U.
)

Aug 1, 1983

3 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.Lett. 51 (1983) 384-387

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.384

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The number of photons emitted in a short time interval by a single atom in the process of resonance fluorescence is measured, and it is shown that the probability distribution of this number is sub-Poissonian.

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