TRANSITION OPERATORS IN RADIATIVE DAMPING THEORY

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作者
LEHMBERG, RH
机构
[1] U. S. Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, PA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW | 1969年 / 181卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRev.181.32
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The application of transition operators Pm,m′(t)=exp(iHt)|mm′|exp(-iHt) is studied for the problem of an atomic system S with eigenstates {m} interacting with one or more damping reservoirs R. The average value of these operators gives the reduced density matrix ρm′,m(S)(t) for S. If R consists of broad-band distributions of harmonic oscillators, (e.g., radiative damping), then damped equations of motion can be derived for all Pm,m′(t), even if S is a multilevel system. One need not specify the initial states of R, nor restrict the treatment to second order in the S-R coupling. The formalism is illustrated for the case where S consists of (i) a four-level atom in a resonant cavity (with broad-band modes also present), and (ii) a collection of atoms that can be treated as a multilevel spin system. Density-matrix equations are obtained for the case where no damping radiation is present initially. In (ii), the formalism is used to derive a two-time corrleation function without the aid of the fluctuation-regression theorem. © 1969 The American Physical Society.
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