DIPOLE SQUEEZING OF THE ATOM IN A TWO-ATOM SYSTEM: EFFECTS OF THE SUPERPOSITION STATES
Mubeen A. Mir · International Journal of Modern Physics B · 1994
Dipole squeezing of the atom in the presence of another atom is investigated for the one-photon and two-photon transition mechanism with the initial atoms in the two-atom squeezed state and the field in a vacuum, a coherent, or a squeezed state. For a vacuum input, the degree of squeezing is shown to depend on the photon multiplicity 'm' and the superposition angles of the atoms, θ1 and θ2. One of the quadratures of the atomic polarization is found to exhibit permanent squeezing only for some nonzero values of θ1, as well as θ2. The effect of θ2 on the dipole squeezing, however, is found to be negligible for the initial field in a coherent or a squeezed state. A comparison with the dipole squeezing of a single atom is also presented.