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View SchemaCoherent population trapping in the stochastic limit
| Authors | L. Accardi, S. V. Kozyrev |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0303185 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0303185 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10773-006-9057-8 |
| Journal | International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 2006. V.45. No.4. P.661-678 |
Abstract
A 2-level atom with degenerate ground state interacting with a quantum field is investigated. We show, that the field drives the state of the atom to a stationary state, which is non-unique, but depends on the initial state of the system through some conserved quantities. This non-uniqueness follows from the degeneracy of the ground state of the atom, and when the ground subspace is two-dimensional, the family of stationary states will depend on a one-dimensional parameter. Only one of the stationary states in this family is a pure state, and this state coincides with the known non-coupled population trapped state (zero population in the excited level. Another one stationary state corresponds to an equal weight mixture of the excited level and of the coupled state.
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