Single Atom inside a Driven Optical Cavity: Photon Statistics outside the Weak-Field Limit

James Clemens*, Perry Rice  Phys. Rev. A 61, 63810 (2000)

We investigate the photon statistics of light transmitted from a driven optical cavity containing one or two
atoms interacting with a single mode of the cavity field. We treat arbitrary driving fields with emphasis on
departure from previous weak field results. In addition effects of dephasing due to atomic transit through the
cavity mode are included using two different models. We find that both models show the nonclassical correlations
are quite sensitive to dephasing. The effect of multiple atoms on the system dynamics is investigated by
placing two atoms in the cavity mode at different positions, therefore having different coupling strengths.

*Undergraduate at Miami University