Abstract
The quantum electrodynamics of an atom in a cavity is reexamined from the view point of the vacuum-field Rabi oscillations. Many features of such oscillations in a single atom as well as in a cooperative system are discussed. Various physical quantities that carry the signature of these vacuum-field oscillations are calculated. Even oscillator systems are shown to exhibit such vacuum-field Rabi oscillations, which is in contrast to the external-field-induced Rabi oscillations. Such oscillations are found to occur in situations involving both single-photon and multiphoton transitions.
© 1985 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Enamullah, Vipin Kumar, Upendra Kumar, and Girish S. Setlur
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 31(3) 484-493 (2014)
Tariq Maqbool and M. S. K. Razmi
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10(1) 112-121 (1993)
Tahira Nasreen and M. S. K. Razmi
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10(7) 1292-1300 (1993)