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The enduring relevance of the Jaynes-Cummings model: a personal perspective

Quantum Physics 2024-05-02 v1

Abstract

In this short perspective article we present our personal highlights on how the Jaynes-Cummings model has become a central model to describe spin-boson couplings underpinning much of modern quantum optics. To the current authors, the key contribution is a demonstration of a measurable effect that showed the discreteness of the quantized radiation field.

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@article{arxiv.2405.00137,
  title  = {The enduring relevance of the Jaynes-Cummings model: a personal perspective},
  author = {P. L. Knight and C. C. Gerry and R. J. Birrittella and P. M. Alsing},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.00137},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

This paper was prepared as part of a special issue to the Journal of the Optical Society to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Jaynes-Cummings model