Journal of Modern Optics
Dynamics of the Jaynes-Cummings model in the presence of photonic crystals
Ali A. Kamli, Smail B. Bougouffa
Abstract
The three-level atom Jaynes-Cummings model is solved exactly and its dynamics investigated in photonic crystals that exhibit band gaps. The atom-field coupling and the probability amplitudes are evaluated as functions of the mode frequency and for different cavity parameters. Besides band-gap effects, the system exhibits novel local field effects. These show as peaks in the atom-field coupling and hence peaks or dips in the probability functions.