Population trapping due to cavity losses
Quantum Physics
2008-04-21 v2
Abstract
In population trapping the occupation of a decaying quantum level keeps a constant non-zero value. We show that an atom-cavity system interacting with an environment characterized by a non-flat spectrum, in the non-Markovian limit, exhibits such a behavior, effectively realizing the preservation of nonclassical states against dissipation. Our results allow to understand the role of cavity losses in hybrid solid state systems and pave the way to the proper description of leakage in the recently developed cavity quantum electrodynamic systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.3701,
title = {Population trapping due to cavity losses},
author = {M. Scala and B. Militello and A. Messina and S. Maniscalco and J. Piilo and K. -A. Suominen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.3701},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures, version accepted for publication on Phys. Rev. A