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Quantum Reductive Perturbation Method for Photon Propagations in a Cold Atomic Gas

Quantum Physics 2024-06-13 v1

Abstract

We develop a quantum reductive perturbation method (RPM), a generalization of classical RPM widely used in nonlinear wave theory, to derive a simplified model (i.e. quantum nonlinear Schrodinger equation) from fully quantum Heisenberg-Langevin-Maxwell equations describingphoton propagations in a coherent cold atomic gas. The result is used to discuss two-photon bound states and optical solitons in the gas. Though a specific system is considered, the quantum RPM established here is very general and can be applied to other complex quantum nonlinear problems.

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@article{arxiv.2406.08008,
  title  = {Quantum Reductive Perturbation Method for Photon Propagations in a Cold Atomic Gas},
  author = {Ou Yao and Huang Guoxiang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.08008},
  year   = {2024}
}
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