ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE TIME EVOLUTION OF THE JAYNES-CUMMINGS MODEL AT ATOMIC AND LIGHT FIELD RESONANCE
Shaohui YAO, Zhaohua XIONG
The Jaynes-Cummings (JC) model is one of the most fundamental models for the interaction between light and matter. In this paper, we first derive the explicit expression for the time evolution operator of the JC model when the light field resonates with a two-level atom. Based on this, we calculate the analytical expressions for the system state and the population of each atomic energy level as a function of time when the two-level atom is initially in a superposition of two energy eigenstates and the light field is in a superposition of three photon number states and a coherent state, respectively. Finally, this paper introduces QuTiP, a useful extension library in Python for quantum mechanics simulation and numerical solution, and uses it to numerically solve the time evolution of this model, obtaining results consistent with the analytical solutions. These computational processes are of great significance in scientific research and university physics teaching.
Wuli yu gongcheng.•Oct 1, 2025•0 citations