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The single-photon echo (SP-echo) effect is predicted to appear in the case of three-level medium excitation by means of a single photon propagating to the medium along two optical paths with a mutual time delay surpassing the temporal duration of the photon wave packet. The quantum electrodynamical theory describing this interaction is presented and the S-matrix of the field is shown for infinite time (t=∞). Using the S-matrix approach, physical properties of the scattering field are studied. Hence, it is shown that the field has an echo signal at the ω 032 carrier frequency. It has been shown that the echo signal exists only in the field amplitude while being absent in its intensity behaviour. Thus, SP-echo is an interference effect and is not influenced by the energy irradiation. The problems of SP-echo detection in the gamma-region (where special generation difficulties appear) are discussed. The influence of the additional detection of theω 021 frequency field on the echo signal has been shown. A special case is the EPR-paradox which can appear within the echo phenomenon.
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Moiseev, S. Theory of single-photon echo (SP-echo) and thepossibility of its experimental study in the gamma-region. Hyperfine Interactions 107, 345–357 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012051605116
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