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Simplified description of an active medium in quantum plasmonics

Other Condensed Matter 2018-05-30 v2

Abstract

In order to simplify the theoretical description of spasers, a gain medium is commonly represented by a two-level system. A realistic model, however, should have four levels. By using the Lindblad equations we develop a description of such a system and show that depending on ratios of the Rabi frequency and the rate of relaxation of the polarization, a four-level system may be reduced to one of two effective two-level systems that reproduce the key properties of a four-level system.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1612.01231,
  title  = {Simplified description of an active medium in quantum plasmonics},
  author = {Evgeny D. Chubchev and Eugeny S. Andrianov and Alexey P. Vinogradov and Alexander A. Lisyansky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.01231},
  year   = {2018}
}
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