Acta Physica Sinica

A two-level atom in a cavity with a moving mirror

Qu Zhao-Jun, Liu Sheng-dian, Chuan‐Lu Yang, Xiao‐Guang Ma, 烟台师范学院物理系,烟台 264000

Published Jan 1, 2006• 3 citations

Abstract

It has great meaning to study the effect of a moving mirror in a cavity on the dynamic behavior of a two-level atom injected in the cavity. In this paper, for a system composed of a two-level injected atom and a single-mode field and a moving mirror in the cavity (the moving mirror to be regarded as a quantum harmonic oscillator with frequency ωm), the time-evolution of its state is obtained by means of complete quantum theory in the interaction picture. The time-evolution of the atomic population is derived on the basis of former investigations. It is found that the atomic population oscillates near its initial value. The result shows that the periodic motion of the mirror has a periodic effect on the atomic population.

DOI: 10.7498/aps.55.3393

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