2024-03-29T02:26:52Zhttps://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace-oai/requestoai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/55542022-11-17T02:08:08Zhdl_2115_20057hdl_2115_148Nonlinear interaction of two photons with a one-dimensional atom: Spatiotemporal quantum coherence in the emitted fieldKojima, KunihiroHofmann, Holger F.Takeuchi, ShigekiSasaki, Keiji425The nonlinear photon-photon interaction mediated by a single two-level atom is studied theoretically based on a one-dimensional model of the field-atom interaction. This model allows us to determine the effects of an atomic nonlinearity on the spatiotemporal coherence of a two-photon state. Specifically, the complete two-photon output wave function can be obtained for any two-photon input wave function. It is shown that the quantum interference between the components of the output state associated with different interaction processes causes bunching and antibunching in the two-photon statistics. This theory may be useful for various applications in photon manipulation, e.g., quantum information processing using photonic qubits, quantum nondemolition measurements, and the generation of entangled photons.American Physical SocietyJournal Articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2115/5554https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/5554/1/PRA68-1.pdf1050-2947Physical Review A680138032003-07-02enginfo:doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.013803Copyright © 2003 American Physical Societypublisher