We apply the fractional-time Schrödinger equation to the Jaynes–Cummings model with an initial binomial state of light. Using time-dependent Dyson maps to address non-unitarity, we investigate atomic population inversion and atom-field entanglement for different fractional orders α . We illustrate how different fractional orders α affect the light–matter dynamics across distinct parameter regimes of the initial binomial state.
We apply the fractional-time Schrödinger equation to the Jaynes–Cummings model with an initial binomial state of light. Using time-dependent Dyson maps to address non-unitarity, we investigate atomic population inversion and atom-field entanglement for different fractional orders α . We illustrate how different fractional orders α affect the light–matter dynamics across distinct parameter regimes of the initial binomial state.
The time-evolution operator corresponding to the fractional-time Schrödinger equation is nonunitary because it fails to preserve the norm of the vector state in the course of its evolution. However, in the context of the time-dependent non-Hermitian quantum formalism applied to the time-fractional dynamics, it has been demonstrated that a unitary evolution can be achieved for a traceless two-level Hamiltonian. This is accomplished by considering a dynamical Hilbert space embedding a time-dependent metric operator concerning which the system unitarily evolves in time. This allows for a suitable description of a quantum system consistent with the standard quantum mechanical principles. In this work, we investigate the Jaynes-Cummings model in the fractional-time scenario taking into account the fractional-order parameter α and its effect in unitary quantum dynamics. We analyze the well-known dynamical properties, such as the atomic population inversion and the atom-field entanglement, when the atom starts in its excited state and the field in a coherent state.
• A generalized time-dependent Jaynes–Cummings model is investigated within the framework of the time fractional Schr¨odinger equation. • Two distinct fractional formulations are compared, encompassing oscillatory and dissipative non- Markovian dynamics. • Our results shows that fractional order introduces memory effects leading to damped oscillations and asymptotic decay in population inversion and entanglement. • Time-dependent couplings (linear, exponential, and sinusoidal) strongly modulate entanglement generation and decay. • Fractional order acts as a control parameter, preserving non-periodic dynamics under sinusoidal coupling within specific regimes. We investigate the fractional time description of a generalized quantum light-matter system modeled by a time-dependent Jaynes-Cummings (JC) interaction, with different coupling types: constant, linear, exponential, and sinusoidal. Two formulations of the time fractional Schrödinger equation (TFSE) are examined, with a focus on their impact on population inversion and entanglement. Our findings highlight that the introduction of fractional order introduces memory effects, associated with damped oscillations and asymptotic decay. Furthermore, we find that the time-dependent couplings, combined with distinct fractional formulations, influence how these effects occur, ultimately resulting in high or low entanglement. A key finding of our work is that, under sinusoidal coupling, non-periodic dynamics is preserved for both formulations of the TFSE; however, within a certain range, the fractional order can act as a control mechanism for the non-periodic evolution.
We analyze the quantum dynamics of the fractional-time Jaynes-Cummings model using a recent unitary framework for the fractional-time Schrödinger equation. We examine how the fractional derivative order α influences non-classical features under different initial conditions. For an initial Fock state, fractional evolution introduces transient dynamics and heightened sensitivity to coupling strength. Through an inverse problem approach, we interpret these effects as arising from an effective time-dependent coupling with a strong initial pulse. For an initial coherent state, the fractional order tunes the system between dynamical regimes, with a transition at $α= 0.50 $ where standard collapse-and-revival is replaced by stable, periodic evolution. This regime enhances non-classical field properties, including stronger sub-Poissonian statistics, periodic quadrature squeezing, and the formation of Schrödinger cat states.
We considered the anti-Jaynes-Cummings (AJC) interaction of a two-level atom in an initial ground state interacting with a field mode in an initial squeezed coherent state at arbitrary values of squeeze parameter r and provided the Jaynes-Cummings (JC) interaction as a comparison. We analysed the degree of entanglement (DEM) measured by the von Neumann entropy and the nature of the field quantified by the Mandel Q parameter in relation to the atomic population inversion during the AJC interaction and separately the corresponding JC interaction. We noted in our examples that at r>1.4, photon statistics evolved to super-Poissonian from sub-Poissonian during the respective AJC, JC interactions. Further, for high values of r, the form of the time evolution of atomic population inversion depicted enhanced ringing revivals at the collapse region in comparison to the case of an initial coherent state. What is more, at higher values of r the time evolution of DEM showed more rapid oscillations and recorded higher values, concurrently, an increase in the degree of mixedness.
Recently, we introduced a new version of the Jaynes–Cummings model in which the interaction Hamiltonian is independent of the excitation number, or field intensity. Exact solution for this model was found allowing the study of nonclassical effects exhibited by the atom and the field, the latter initially in a coherent state. Here, we extend this study to the case of a field initially in the binomial state to investigate those nonclassical effects, as population trapping and sub-Poissonian statistics as function of the interpolating parameters of this state. The previous results are obtained from the present treatment, in the limit of a coherent state allowed by the binomial state.
Jaynes–Cummings (JC) models are by far the most widely used to study the dynamics of two-level systems, such as atoms or molecules under suitable conditions, coupled to quantized electromagnetic fields. Nowadays, analytical solutions of JC models are more useful than ever for understanding and controlling radiation-matter interactions relevant to quantum information processing, quantum computing, and other quantum technologies. This study presents the analysis and generalization of a method for the solution of the dynamical problem in the time-independent JC model (Carbonaro et al., 1979) that enables an exact description of the atom-field dynamics in the resonant time-dependent JC model and in a nontrivial class of off-resonance time-dependent JC models. Our analysis produces the ready-to-use forms of the evolution operator in the resonant and non-resonant cases, which are then used to derive the evolution of the atomic population inversion for some types of atom-field coupling. The central idea behind the proposed approach offers opportunities for its extension to other time-dependent cases and its generalization to JC-related models.