Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Optical processes of a single-atom model in the phonon field

Wang Zhonghe, Zhang Guang-Yin, PAN SHI-HONG

Published Mar 21, 1994• 0 citations

Abstract

The optical processes of a single-atom model in the phonon field have been studied. To deal with the quantum electrodynamics phenomena in condensed matter microcavities, the influence of electron-phonon interactions has to be taken into account. As a clear picture, the effect of the lattice's oscillation on the optical transition in condensed matter microcavities is reduced to a model of a single atom in a phonon field. We deduce that in the case with a phonon participating, the Bloch equation is still satisfied. In the process of spontaneous emission for an electron interacting with a phonon, we derive the Rabi oscillation for the simple atom in the phonon field.

DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/27/6/038

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