Generating and Probing a Two-Photon Fock State with a Single Atom in a Cavity
Generating and Probing a Two-Photon Fock State with a Single Atom in a Cavity
A two-photon Fock state is prepared in a cavity sustaining a "source mode" and a "target mode," with a single circular Rydberg atom. In a third-order Raman process, the atom emits a photon in the target while scattering one photon from the source into the target. The final two-photon state …