Two-photon fluorescence spectrum in an atom + dielectric microsphere system

Abstract

A strong resonant interaction of a two-level atom with a dielectric microsphere is studied on the basis of quantum electrodynamics. The initial condition considered is one in which the atom is initially excited and the resonant mode of the microsphere has been excited by a single photon. The spectrum of two emitted photons depends strongly on the method used to excite the microsphere, i.e., on the spatial distribution of the photon energy. The most characteristic feature of the two-photon fluorescence spectrum is a strong energy correlation of the emitted photons. This correlation is expressed in the fact that the energies of the emitted photons are related by the equation of an ellipse (ω+ω 2−2ω vA )2+3(ω 1−ω 2)2= 4Ω Rabi 2 . The relation between the results obtained and the predictions of the theory of dressed states is discussed.