{
  "id": "1406.4049",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2014-06-16T15:35:44.000Z",
  "updated": "2014-08-18T09:38:42.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum interference in the absorption and emission of single photons by a single ion",
  "authors": [
    "Michael Schug",
    "Christoph Kurz",
    "Pascal Eich",
    "Jan Huwer",
    "Philipp Müller",
    "Jürgen Eschner"
  ],
  "comment": "8 pages, 10 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. A 90, 023829 (2014)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.90.023829",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "physics.atom-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate quantum beats in the arrival-time distribution of single photons from a single trapped $^{40}$Ca$^+$ ion, revealing their fundamentally different physical origins in two distinct experimental situations: In a $\\Lambda$-type level scheme the interference of two 854-nm absorption amplitudes suppresses and enhances the emission process of Raman-scattered 393-nm photons; in a V-type level scheme the interference of two 393-nm emission amplitudes causes a rotation of their dipole emission pattern resulting in a temporal modulation of the detected photons. For both cases we demonstrate coherent control over the quantum-beat phase through the phases of the atomic and photonic input states, which also allows controlled adjustment of the total photon detection efficiency.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2014-08-18T09:38:42.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "42.50.Md",
      "42.50.Gy",
      "42.50.Ct",
      "42.50.Dv"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "single photons",
      "single ion",
      "quantum interference",
      "total photon detection efficiency",
      "photonic input states"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review A",
      "year": 2014,
      "month": "Aug",
      "volume": 90,
      "number": 2,
      "pages": "023829"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2014PhRvA..90b3829S"
    }
  }
}