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The Jaynes-Cummings-Paul Model
• First described in 1963 (Jaynes & Cummings).
• Independently described in 1963 by Harry Paul.
• Second major paper in 1965 (Cummings).
• Experimentally confirmed in the 1980s.
• One method for bringing purely quantum effects into optics.
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The Jaynes-Cummings-Paul Model
• Defining characteristics of the model.
• Atom in a lossless cavity.
• Single-mode electric field.
• Two accessible atomic levels.
• Atom oscillates between energy levels.
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The Jaynes-Cummings-Paul Model
• Interesting properties of the model.
• Non-zero transition probability in the absence of electric field.
• Periodic collapse and revival of atomic oscillations.
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Outline of the Project
• Construct the Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian.
• Quantize the electric field.
• Write down the atomic energy levels.
• Work out the interaction term.
• Apply the Hamiltonian to a pair of demonstrations.
• Definite photon states.
• Coherent field states.
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The Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian
• Put forward by Jaynes and Cummings in a pair of papers.
• A series of approximations allow for the simple form of theHamiltonian.
• 3 components:
• energy of the field.
• energy of the atomic transitions.
• energy from interaction of the field with the atom.
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The Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian
• Put forward by Jaynes and Cummings in a pair of papers.
• A series of approximations allow for the simple form of theHamiltonian.
• 3 components:
• energy of the field.
• energy of the atomic transitions.
• energy from interaction of the field with the atom.
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The Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian
• Put forward by Jaynes and Cummings in a pair of papers.
• A series of approximations allow for the simple form of theHamiltonian.
• 3 components:
• energy of the field.
• energy of the atomic transitions.
• energy from interaction of the field with the atom.
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Free Field Hamiltonian
• One-dimensional cavity, boundary at and .
• Separate variables and solve.
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Free Field Hamiltonian
• We can obtain the magnetic field from Ampere’s Law.
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Free Field Hamiltonian
• Introduce creation and annihilation operators.
• Classical functions go to quantum operators.
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Free Field Hamiltonian
• We now have a quantum expression for the fields.
• The Hamiltonian of the field may then be calculated.
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The Atomic Hamiltonian
• Limited to two accessible states implies a 2D basis.
• Hamiltonian is a sum over accessible energies.
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The Atomic Hamiltonian
• Simplify the Hamiltonian.
• The Hamiltonian is then expressed in terms of a Pauli matrix.
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The Pauli Spin Matrices
• Pauli spin matrices.
• Raising & lowering operators.
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The Interaction Hamiltonian
• Begin with minimal coupling.
• Apply coupling to each particle (no scalar potential).
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The Interaction Hamiltonian
• Introduce center of mass coordinates.
• Also, center of mass momenta.
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The Dipole Approximation
• We can now make the dipole approximation to simplify the
Hamiltonian.
• Then write out the full interaction Hamiltonian.
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The Dipole Approximation
• A second formulation takes the form of a dipole in a field.
• We can compare the two Hamiltonians through Lagrangians.
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The Dipole Approximation
• The Lagrangian for minimal coupling.
• Subtracting a complete time-derivative will not change variation,leadin to the same e uations of motion.
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The Dipole Approximation
• The Lagrangian for minimal coupling.
• We get exactly the form we were looking for - a dipole will giveexactly the same dynamics.
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The Dipole Approximation
• Make the inverse Legendre transformation.
• Now we may quantize the field & dipole.
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The Dipole Operator
• Fix the dipole operator in the basis.
• The dipole operator is responsible for “moving” the atombetween energy levels.
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The Pauli Spin Matrices
• Raising & lowering operators.
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The Rotating-Wave Approximation
• Multiply out the interaction Hamiltonian.
• The operators gain time-dependence in the interaction picture.
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The Interaction Picture
• States in the interaction picture evolve in time slightly differently that in the Schrödinger picture.
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The Interaction Picture
• The state vectors in the interaction picture evolve in timeaccording to the interaction term only.
• It can be easily shown through differentiation that operators inthe interaction picture evolve in time according only to the free
Hamiltonian.
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The Rotating-Wave Approximation
• The interaction Hamiltonian now carries oscillating phaseterms.
• Setting the detuning to 0 removes time-dependence.
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The Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian
• We now have the full Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian.
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The Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian
• We now have the full Hamiltonian.
• 2 commuting terms.
• Schrödinger equation in the interaction picture.
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Definite Photon States
• The atomic states may be in a linear combination of the twoenergy levels.
• Only 2 modes of transition.
Stimulated emission
Stimulated absorption
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Definite Photon States
• Solving the Schrödinger equation and equating coefficientsyields two coupled differential equations.
• These are easily solved with initial conditions. For instance,
choose .
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Definite Photon States
• The wave function of the total system oscillates in time.
• The probability amplitudes are given through inner products andalso oscillate in time.
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Definite Photon States
Oscillation of the probability amplitudes in time.
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Definite Photon States
• We are interested in measuring the atomic population inversion W(t) (the expectation value of the inversion operator).
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Definite Photon States
Atomic inversion for several periods and a range of electric field strengths.
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Definite Photon States
• An interesting property of the model is a non-zero transitionprobability in the absence of electric field.
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Coherent States
• “Near classical” photon states.
• Superposition of photon number states.
• is mean photon number.
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Coherent States
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Coherent States
• The general state of the coherent system is a direct product of the atom and field states.
• We will choose a similar initial condition as before.
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Coherent States
• Solve the Schrödinger equation again with the initial condition toobtain the general wave function.
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Coherent States
• This leads to transition probabilities that oscillate, but alsoconsist of superpositions of photon states.
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Coherent States
• Collapse and revival are strongly displayed in the atomicinversion of coherent states.
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Coherent States
• Collapse and revival are approx. periodic over longer time-scales.
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Coherent States
• More well-defined envelopes for large mean photon number.
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Experimental Confirmation
• Experimentally confirmed in the 1980s.
Graphs & information from PRL vol. 58, no. 4, 26 January 1987, pp. 353--356.
• Rubidium maser, 2.5 Kelvin cavity, Q factor of .
• Large principal quantum number allows for only 2-leveltransitions.
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Experimental Confirmation
Graphs & information from PRL vol. 58, no. 4, 26 January 1987, pp. 353--356.
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Conclusions
• Collapse and revival are uniquely quantum mechanical innature.
• Spontaneous emission is uniquely quantum mechanical.
• Simplified model allows for basic understanding aboutphoton/atom interactions.
• The assumptions are very general and easily expounded upon.
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Extensions of the Model
• Collapse and revival with nonzero detuning .
• Cavity damping viz. photon loss (non-infinite Q factor).
• Multi-photon transitions.
• Time-dependent coupling constant .
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