EVOLUTION OF COHERENCES AND POPULATIONS IN THE SECULAR APPROXIMATION

被引:13
作者
TAMESHTIT, A [1 ]
SIPE, JE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TORONTO, ONTARIO LASER & LIGHTWAVE RES CTR, TORONTO M5S 1A7, ON, CANADA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1994年 / 49卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.49.89
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We consider systems coupled to a heat reservoir that has a Debye density of states. In particular, starting from master equations derived in the secular (or rotating-wave) approximation, we derive expressions for the decoherence rates and energy-jump moments for systems and couplings of varying degrees of generality. We also furnish the semiclassical analogs of these expressions: Finally, using the jump moments, we examine various aspects of the energy relaxation to thermal equilibrium.
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页码:89 / 105
页数:17
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