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Journal of physics. A, Proceedings of the Physical Society. General

An exact solution of the multiatom, multimode model Hamiltonian of quantum optics

S. Swain

Published Jan 1, 1972• 20 citations
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Abstract

Exact expressions for the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian of great importance in quantum optics are derived.
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/5/1/002

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