Phys. Rev. A 54, 943–946 (1996)Vibrational amplification by stimulated emission of radiationReceived 19 July 1995; published in the issue dated July 1996 We propose the use of a single trapped and laser-cooled ion for vibrational amplification assisted by stimulated emission of radiation. This quantum-mechanical counterpart of the micromaser allows one to modify the fundamental vibronic coupling externally. In particular, a vibrational number state can be prepared in a coherent interaction regime, whereas incoherent interaction may yield a sub-Poissonian, binomial number distribution. © 1996 The American Physical Society. © 1996 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.54.943
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.54.943
PACS:
42.50.Dv, 32.80.Pj, 03.65.-w
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