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View SchemaVacuum Induced Coherences in Radiatively Coupled Multilevel Systems
| Authors | G. S. Agarwal, Anil K. Patnaik |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0010066 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0010066 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.63.043805 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A, vol. 63, pg. 043805 (2001) |
Abstract
We show that radiative coupling between two multilevel atoms having near-degenerate states can produce new interference effects in spontaneous emission. We explicitly demonstrate this possibility by considering two identical V systems each having a pair of transition dipole matrix elements which are orthogonal to each other. We discuss in detail the origin of the new interference terms and their consequences. Such terms lead to the evolution of certain coherences and excitations which would not occur otherwise. The special choice of the orientation of the transition dipole matrix elements enables us to illustrate the significance of vacuum induced coherence in multi-atom multilevel systems. These coherences can be significant in energy transfer studies.
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