Classical versus quantum intensity-field correlations of scattered light from extended cold atomic clouds
arXiv:2204.11248 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.106.023701
Abstract
We calculate the intensity-field correlations in the light scattered by N cold atoms driven by a quasi-resonant laser field. Fundamental differences occur if the atomic state is an entangled single-excitation state or a coherent factorized state. We provide analytic expressions for the two-time field and intensity correlation functions for the timed Dicke state and the quasi-Bloch state. The comparison with multi-atom simulations shows good agreement between numerical and analytic solutions.
arXiv comment15 pages, 5 figures
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