Abstract
Resonance fluorescence from a two-level atom is first shown to permit squeezing for an arbitrary intensity of the exciting field provided that the resonance is time dependent. When the exciting field increases in intensity, the squeezing shifts toward shorter times and its maximum value becomes double, for strong exciting fields, its maximum value in the steady state. Moreover, it is shown that intervals of time exist in which the normally ordered variance of the fluorescence field is positive, despite the presence of squeezing in the atomic variables. Also, the signal-to-noise ratio in the transient regime attains high values, predictably making the observation of squeezed states experimentally feasible.
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