title: Stimulated emission from a single excited atom in a waveguide.
abstract: We study stimulated emission from an excited two-level atom coupled to a waveguide containing an incident single-photon pulse. We show that the strong photon correlation, as induced by the atom, plays a very important role in stimulated emission. Additionally, the temporal duration of the incident photon pulse is shown to have a marked effect on stimulated emission and atomic lifetime.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA. edenr@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Eden
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rephaeli
authors.forename: Shanhui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fan