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On the quantum theory of light interacting with nano-materials

Optics 2023-10-10 v1

Abstract

The fundamental processes of absorption, stimulated and spontaneous emission, and elastic as well as inelastic scattering involving light and atoms, molecules, and nano-particles have been studied for decades using both classical and quantum theories. While providing an overview of the subject, this paper presents a streamlined approach to studying atom-photon interactions in the context of modern quantum optics in the hope of providing guidance for applications in the general area of molecular and nano-photonic machines.

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@article{arxiv.2310.04909,
  title  = {On the quantum theory of light interacting with nano-materials},
  author = {Masud Mansuripur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.04909},
  year   = {2023}
}

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19 pages, 3 figures, 48 equations, one appendix, 10 references