QED with a parabolic mirror
| Autor: | Alber, G., Bernád, J. Z., Stobińska, M., Sánchez-Soto, L. L., Leuchs, G. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Phys. Rev. A 88, 023825 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevA.88.023825 |
| Popis: | We investigate the quantum electrodynamics of a single two-level atom located at the focus of a parabolic cavity. We first work out the modifications of the spontaneous emission induced by the presence of this boundary in the optical regime, where the dipole and the rotating-wave approximations apply. Furthermore, the single-photon state that leaves the cavity asymptotically is determined. The corresponding time-reversed single-photon quantum state is capable of exciting the atom in this extreme multimode scenario with near-unit probability. Using semiclassical methods, we derive a photon-path representation for the relevant transition amplitudes and show that it constitutes a satisfactory approximation for a wide range of wavelengths. Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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