Quantum theory of self-induced transparency

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(95)00337-RMaRDI QIDQ1896503zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors André LeClair

Publication date 29 August 1995

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9505086

zbMATH Keywords

resonancethermodynamic Bethe ansatzboundary interactionssine Gordon theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: It is known that classical electromagnetic radiation at a frequency in resonance with energy splittings of atoms in a dielectric medium can be described using the classical sine-Gordon equation. In this paper we quantize the electromagnetic field and compute quantum corrections to the classical results by using known results from the sine-Gordon quantum field theory. In particular, we compute the intensity of spontaneously emitted radiation using the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz with boundary interactions.

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