Rabi oscillations of two-photon states in nonlinear optical resonators

Yury Sherkunov, David M Whittaker, Vladimir Falko

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Abstract

We demonstrate that four-wave mixing processes in high-quality nonlinear resonators can lead to Rabi-like oscillations in photon occupation numbers and second-order correlation functions, being a characteristic feature of the presence of entangled photon pairs in the optical signal. In the case of a system driven by a continuous coherent pump, the oscillations occur in the transient regime. We show that driving the system with pulsed coherent pumping would generate strongly antibunched photon states.
Original languageEnglish
Article number023843
JournalPhysical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Volume93
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Feb 2016

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