Abstract

Squeezing in resonance fluorescence was predicted more than a decade ago,¹ but it has not been observed until now. There are lwo problems in connection with such an experiment. First, in a homodyne measurement of the photon statistics the observable effect is limited by the detection and collection efficiencies and is therefore extremely small.² Second, since the squeezing effect is phase sensitive, the atom must be localized very well. To overcome these problems, homodyne intensity-correlation measurements of the fluorescence from a trapped ion have been proposede.³

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