Coherence and Fluctuations in Light-Matter Interactions

这是一项研究量子光学中相干和涨落的建议。该方案要求观测由相干本机振荡器干涉光参量振荡器的输出而产生的光的二阶强度关联函数中的非经典特征，其次，表征从阈值以下到阈值以上的光参量振荡器的光子计数统计。这些研究是研究原子光谱学、非线性光学和利用这些光源的光进行精密测量的新现象的垫脚石。

This is a proposal for research on coherence and fluctuations in quantum optics. The proposal calls for observations of nonclassical features in the second order intensity correlation function of the light produced by interfering the output of an optical parametric oscillator with a coherent local oscillator and, secondly, to characterize the photon counting statistics of an optical parametric oscillator as it is taken from below threshold, through threshold, to above threshold. These investigations are a stepping stone to studies of novel phenomena in atomic spectroscopy, nonlinear optics and precision measurements using light from these sources.