Quantum and Semiclassical Calculations of Cavity QED Spectra
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1994-06
Authors
Tian, Liguang
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Abstract
In this dissertation we study the interaction of a single atom with a single mode of the electromagnetic field in an optical cavity. We emphasize strong coupling conditions, where the dipole coupling strength is larger than the dissipation rates of the cavity and the atom.
By exciting the coupled atom and cavity mode with an external field, the excited-state spectroscopy of the coupled system is explored. Both quantum mechanical and semiclassical calculations are performed and their results are compared. In the limit of a weak driving field, both results show a two-peak ("vacuum" Rabi) spectrum. With increased strength of the driving field, differences are observed. The quantum calculation shows a multi-peak ( two "vacuum" Rabi peaks plus additional peaks) spectrum, while the semiclassical calculation does not. These additional peaks are produced by transitions between the excited states of the Jaynes-Cummings IV Hamiltonian indicative of the quantum nature of the coupled atom-cavity-mode system.
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148 pages
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Optical cavity, Atom, Coupling, Dipole, Rabi