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arXiv:quant-ph/0212012 · Physical Review A

Phase states for a three-level atom interacting with quantum fields

A. B. Klimov, Luis Lorenzo Sánchez-Soto, J. Delgado, E. C. Yustas

Published Jan 10, 2003• 3 citations
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Abstract

We introduce phase operators associated with the algebra su(3), which is the appropriate tool to describe three-level systems. The rather unusual properties of this phase are caused by the small dimension of the system and are explored in detail. When a three-level atom interacts with a quantum field in a cavity, a polynomial deformation of this algebra emerges in a natural way. We also introduce a polar decomposition of the atom-field relative amplitudes that leads to a Hermitian relative-phase operator, whose eigenstates correctly describe the corresponding phase properties. We claim that this is the natural variable to deal with quantum interference effects in atom-field interactions. We find the probability distribution for this variable and study its time evolution in some special cases.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.67.013803

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