We present an analysis of the spontaneous emission by two identical two-level atoms a distance R apart, both of which are initially in the upper state. This analysis applies for two interacting atoms emitting both in a free space and in a cavity structure. In this paper we use the Heisenberg picture. We work under the dipole approximation and the rotating-wave approximation. We assume that all the field modes are initially in the vacuum state and the two atoms A and B are in the upper state. We will concentrate on the motion of the product of the dipole operators of two atoms. Because we have two excitations at t=0, and because we work under rotating-wave approximation, we will always have two excitations, i.e., two excited atoms, or one excited atom plus one photon, or two unexcited atoms with two photons.
Spontaneous emission by two initially excited atoms
1999-01-01
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Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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