DocumentCode
2252670
Title
Effect of Spontaneous Decay on the Rabi Population Oscillation of a Two-Level Atom Coupled to a Monochromatic Field
Author
Lee, Sun Kyung ; Lee, Hai-Woong
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon
fYear
2007
fDate
26-31 Aug. 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We investigate effects of spontaneous decay on the Rabi population oscillation exhibited by a two-level atom driven by a monochromatic field. We show that the semiclassical theory and the fully quantum-mechanical theory predict in general different damping rates of the Rabi oscillation.
Keywords
atom-photon collisions; quantum optics; quantum theory; Rabi population oscillation; damping; monochromatic field; quantum-mechanicai theory; semiciassicai theory; spontaneous decay; two-level atom; Absorption; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Damping; Physics; Quantum mechanics; Resonance; Spontaneous emission; Stationary state; Sun;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Seoul
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1174-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391761
Filename
4391761
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