title: Photon correlation versus interference of single-atom fluorescence in a half-cavity.
abstract: Photon correlations are investigated for a single laser-excited ion trapped in front of a mirror. Varying the relative distance between the ion and the mirror, photon correlation statistics can be tuned smoothly from an antibunching minimum to a bunchinglike maximum. Our analysis concerns the non-Markovian regime of the ion-mirror interaction and reveals the field establishment in a half-cavity interferometer.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dubin
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rotter
authors.forename: Manas
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eschner
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blatt