Abstract
We present the dynamics of nondegenerate as well as degenerate two-photon processes in a three-level Rydberg atom interacting with the eigenmodes of an ideal cavity. For large one-photon detuning, the results are compared with those obtained from an effective Hamiltonian and are found to be mostly different. However, for atom–field interaction times that are comparable with that in the two-photon micromaser experiment, the two models give similar results. We also discuss the time evolution of squeezing in the individual fields in the non-degenerate case. If the two modes are of frequencies ωf + ɛ and ωf − ɛ with ɛ ≪ ωf, the radiation field can be represented by a wave of frequency ωf with amplitudes modulated at ɛ. We find squeezing in the dynamical evolution of these amplitudes.
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