2012/02/29 by Ben Q. Baragiola, Robert L. Cook, Agata M. Brańczyk +2 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Field (mathematics) #Harmonic oscillator #Master equation #Network packet #Photon #Physics #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Pure mathematics #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Wave packet #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.86.013811
published as Phys. Rev. A 86, 013811 (2012) · 20 pages, 8 figures. Published version
openalex publication_date 2012/07/09 · arxiv created 2012/08/13 · arxiv updated 2012/08/15 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present a theoretical framework that describes a wave packet of light prepared in a state of definite photon number interacting with an arbitrary quantum system (e.g., a quantum harmonic oscillator or a multilevel atom). Within this framework we derive master equations for the system as well as for output field quantities such as quadratures and photon flux. These results are then generalized to wave packets with arbitrary spectral distribution functions. Finally, we obtain master equations and output field quantities for systems interacting with wave packets in multiple spatial and/or polarization modes.