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Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 2802–2805 (1985)

Correlated Spontaneous-Emission Lasers: Quenching of Quantum Fluctuations in the Relative Phase Angle

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Marlan O. Scully
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, D-8046 Garching bei Munchen, West Germany, and Center for Advanced Studies and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

Received 26 September 1985; published in the issue dated 16 December 1985

In quantum-beat and Hanle-effect experiments, spontaneous-emission events from two coherently excited states are strongly correlated. A doubly resonant laser cavity driven by such atomic configurations can have vanishing diffusion coefficient for the relative phase angle.

© 1985 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.2802
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.2802
PACS:
42.50.+q, 42.55.Bi