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Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Short time de-excitation dynamics of a two-level electron system. Non-perturbative solution of the master equation

Tomáš Mančal, Jiří Bok, Lubomír Skála

Published Nov 27, 1998• 5 citations
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Abstract

A new general non-perturbative method for the solution of the generalized master equation for a simple two-level model of the electron-phonon system coupled to a thermodynamic reservoir is suggested. The model includes a two-level system interacting linearly with the single-mode phonons coupled to the thermodynamic bath. For the interaction of the bath with the vibrational mode we use a stochastic model generalized to finite temperatures. The results are compared with a direct numerical solution.

DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/31/47/005

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