Effects of Atomic Coherence on Collapses and Revivals in the Binomial State of the Field
Alaumy Joshi, Ravinder Rupchand Puri · Journal of Modern Optics · 1989
The effects of the coherence between the states of a two-level atom on the phenomenon of collapses and revivals in an undamped binomial state of the electromagnetic field are investigated. It is found that the Rabi oscillations exhibit qualitatively different behaviour for different phases of coherence between the levels. This behaviour in the binomial state of the field is in contrast with that in a coherent state field, in which case the Rabi oscillations are qualitatively the same for all values of the coherence between the two atomic levels.