• DocumentCode
    2247806
  • Title

    Time-dependent inhibited spontaneous emission

  • Author

    Branning, D. ; Shin, Y.H. ; Khanal, S. ; Migdall, A.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Trinity Coll., Hartford, CT, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The spontaneous emission rate of photon pairs in a parametric downconverter can be inhibited by a cavity mirror. Using a fast switch, we detect photons within the cavity during times when the emission was inhibited.
  • Keywords
    mirrors; optical parametric devices; optical switches; photodetectors; quantum optics; spontaneous emission; cavity mirror; optical switch; parametric downconverter; photon detection; photon pairs; time-dependent inhibited spontaneous emission; Cavity resonators; Detectors; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical filters; Spontaneous emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950929