Monitoring the Dipole-Dipole Interaction via Quantum Jumps of Individual Atoms

Abstract

The emission characteristics in the fluorescence of two laser-driven dipole-dipole-interacting three level atoms is investigated. When the light from both atoms is detected separately a correlation of the emission processes is observed in dependence of the dipole-dipole interaction. This opens the possibility to investigate the dipole-dipole interaction through the emission behavior. We present Monte-Carlo simulations which are in good agreement with the analytic solutions.

4 pages, 9 Figures; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A (Rapid Communication Section)