Measurement of fluorescence emission spectrum of few strongly driven atoms using an optical nanofiber

doi:10.1364/OE.18.017154

Measurement of fluorescence emission spectrum of few strongly driven atoms using an optical nanofiber

Manoj Das, A. Shirasaki, K. P. Nayak, M. Morinaga, Fam Le Kien, and K. Hakuta »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 16, pp. 17154-17164 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.017154

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Abstract

We show that the fluorescence emission spectrum of few atoms can be measured by using an optical nanofiber combined with the optical heterodyne and photon correlation spectroscopy. The observed fluorescence spectrum of the atoms near the nanofiber shows negligible effects of the atom-surface interaction and agrees well with the Mollow triplet spectrum of free-space atoms at high excitation intensity.

OCIS Codes
(020.0020) Atomic and molecular physics : Atomic and molecular physics
(270.0270) Quantum optics : Quantum optics
(300.2140) Spectroscopy : Emission
(300.2530) Spectroscopy : Fluorescence, laser-induced

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Atomic and Molecular Physics

History
Original Manuscript: June 18, 2010
Revised Manuscript: July 16, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: July 16, 2010
Published: July 28, 2010

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Manoj Das, A. Shirasaki, K. P. Nayak, M. Morinaga, Fam Le Kien, and K. Hakuta, "Measurement of fluorescence emission spectrum of few strongly driven atoms using an optical nanofiber," Opt. Express 18, 17154-17164 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-16-17154

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M. O. Scully, and M. Suhail Zubairy, Quantum Optics (Cambridge University Press, 1997).
R. Loudon, The Quantum Theory of Light (Oxford Science Publications, 2000).
W. Demtröder, Laser Spectroscopy –Basic Concepts and Instrumentation (Springer, 2003).
C. I. Westbrook, R. N. Watts, C. E. Tanner, S. L. Rolston, W. D. Phillips, P. D. Lett, and P. L. Gould, “Localization of atoms in a three-dimensional standing wave,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 65(1), 33–36 (1990). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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J. T. Höffges, H. W. Baldauf, W. Lange, and H. Walther, “Heterodyne measurement of the resonance fluorescence of a single ion,” J. Mod. Opt. 44(10), 1999–2010 (1997). [CrossRef]
Ch. Raab, J. Eschner, J. Bolle, H. Oberst, F. Schmidt-Kaler, and R. Blatt, “Motional sidebands and direct measurement of the cooling rate in the resonance fluorescence of a single trapped ion,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85(3), 538–541 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. G. Hong, W. Seo, M. Lee, W. Choi, J. H. Lee, and K. An, “Spectral line-shape measurement of an extremely weak amplitude-fluctuating light source by photon-counting-based second-order correlation spectroscopy,” Opt. Lett. 31(21), 3182–3184 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
F. Le Kien, S. Dutta Gupta, V. I. Balykin, and K. Hakuta, “Spontaneous emission of a cesium atom near a nanofiber: efficient coupling of light to guided modes,” Phys. Rev. A 72(3), 032509 (2005). [CrossRef]
K. P. Nayak, P. N. Melentiev, M. Morinaga, F. L. Kien, V. I. Balykin, and K. Hakuta, “Optical nanofiber as an efficient tool for manipulating and probing atomic Fluorescence,” Opt. Express 15(9), 5431–5438 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. P. Nayak and K. Hakuta, “Single atoms on an optical nanofiber,” N. J. Phys. 10(5), 053003 (2008). [CrossRef]
F. Le Kien and K. Hakuta, “Correlations between photons emitted by multiatom fluorescence into a nanofiber,” Phys. Rev. A 77(3), 033826 (2008). [CrossRef]
K. P. Nayak, F. Le Kien, M. Morinaga, and K. Hakuta, “Antibunching and bunching of photons in resonance fluorescence from a few atoms into guided modes of an optical nanofiber,” Phys. Rev. 79(2), 021801 (2009). [CrossRef]
F. Le Kien, K. P. Nayak, and K. Hakuta, “Second-order correlations of fluorescence from an atomic gas into a nanofiber,” Comm. in Phys. 19, 35–48 (2009).
F. Kien, S. Gupta, and K. Hakuta, “Optical excitation spectrum of an atom in a surface-induced potential,” Phys. Rev. A 75(3), 032508 (2007). [CrossRef]
B. R. Mollow, “Power spectrum of light scattered by two-level systems,” Phys. Rev. 188(5), 1969–1975 (1969). [CrossRef]
R. E. Grove, F. Y. Wu, and S. Ezekiel, “Measurement of the spectrum of resonance fluorescence from a two-level atom in an intense monochromatic field,” Phys. Rev. A 15(1), 227–233 (1977). [CrossRef]
F. Le Kien, V. I. Balykin, and K. Hakuta, “Atom trap and waveguide using a two-color evanescent light field around a subwavelength-diameter optical fiber,” Phys. Rev. A 70(6), 063403 (2004). [CrossRef]
E. Vetsch, D. Reitz, G. Sagué, R. Schmidt, S. T. Dawkins, and A. Rauschenbeutel, “Optical interface created by laser-cooled atoms trapped in the evanescent field surrounding an optical nanofiber,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 104(20), 203603 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Comm. in Phys.

F. Le Kien, K. P. Nayak, and K. Hakuta, “Second-order correlations of fluorescence from an atomic gas into a nanofiber,” Comm. in Phys. 19, 35–48 (2009).

J. Mod. Opt.

J. T. Höffges, H. W. Baldauf, W. Lange, and H. Walther, “Heterodyne measurement of the resonance fluorescence of a single ion,” J. Mod. Opt. 44(10), 1999–2010 (1997). [CrossRef]

N. J. Phys.

K. P. Nayak and K. Hakuta, “Single atoms on an optical nanofiber,” N. J. Phys. 10(5), 053003 (2008). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

K. P. Nayak, P. N. Melentiev, M. Morinaga, F. L. Kien, V. I. Balykin, and K. Hakuta, “Optical nanofiber as an efficient tool for manipulating and probing atomic Fluorescence,” Opt. Express 15(9), 5431–5438 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

H. G. Hong, W. Seo, M. Lee, W. Choi, J. H. Lee, and K. An, “Spectral line-shape measurement of an extremely weak amplitude-fluctuating light source by photon-counting-based second-order correlation spectroscopy,” Opt. Lett. 31(21), 3182–3184 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev.

K. P. Nayak, F. Le Kien, M. Morinaga, and K. Hakuta, “Antibunching and bunching of photons in resonance fluorescence from a few atoms into guided modes of an optical nanofiber,” Phys. Rev. 79(2), 021801 (2009). [CrossRef]
B. R. Mollow, “Power spectrum of light scattered by two-level systems,” Phys. Rev. 188(5), 1969–1975 (1969). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. A

R. E. Grove, F. Y. Wu, and S. Ezekiel, “Measurement of the spectrum of resonance fluorescence from a two-level atom in an intense monochromatic field,” Phys. Rev. A 15(1), 227–233 (1977). [CrossRef]
F. Le Kien, V. I. Balykin, and K. Hakuta, “Atom trap and waveguide using a two-color evanescent light field around a subwavelength-diameter optical fiber,” Phys. Rev. A 70(6), 063403 (2004). [CrossRef]
F. Le Kien and K. Hakuta, “Correlations between photons emitted by multiatom fluorescence into a nanofiber,” Phys. Rev. A 77(3), 033826 (2008). [CrossRef]
F. Le Kien, S. Dutta Gupta, V. I. Balykin, and K. Hakuta, “Spontaneous emission of a cesium atom near a nanofiber: efficient coupling of light to guided modes,” Phys. Rev. A 72(3), 032509 (2005). [CrossRef]
F. Kien, S. Gupta, and K. Hakuta, “Optical excitation spectrum of an atom in a surface-induced potential,” Phys. Rev. A 75(3), 032508 (2007). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Ch. Raab, J. Eschner, J. Bolle, H. Oberst, F. Schmidt-Kaler, and R. Blatt, “Motional sidebands and direct measurement of the cooling rate in the resonance fluorescence of a single trapped ion,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85(3), 538–541 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C. I. Westbrook, R. N. Watts, C. E. Tanner, S. L. Rolston, W. D. Phillips, P. D. Lett, and P. L. Gould, “Localization of atoms in a three-dimensional standing wave,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 65(1), 33–36 (1990). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P. S. Jessen, C. Gerz, P. D. Lett, W. D. Phillips, S. L. Rolston, R. J. C. Spreeuw, and C. I. Westbrook, “Observation of quantized motion of Rb atoms in an optical field,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 69(1), 49–52 (1992). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
E. Vetsch, D. Reitz, G. Sagué, R. Schmidt, S. T. Dawkins, and A. Rauschenbeutel, “Optical interface created by laser-cooled atoms trapped in the evanescent field surrounding an optical nanofiber,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 104(20), 203603 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

M. O. Scully, and M. Suhail Zubairy, Quantum Optics (Cambridge University Press, 1997).
R. Loudon, The Quantum Theory of Light (Oxford Science Publications, 2000).
W. Demtröder, Laser Spectroscopy –Basic Concepts and Instrumentation (Springer, 2003).

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