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Validity of semiclassical treatment of optical nonlinearity

Hiroshi Ajiki

Published Jan 18, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

Semiclassical and cavity-QED treatments of optical nonlinearity are compared with each other for a two-level system embedded in a cavity. The semiclassical treatment leads to qualitative incorrectness even if applied field is coherent.
DOI
10.1109/cleopr.2005.1569590

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