N two-level atoms in a driven optical cavity: Quantum dynamics of forward photon scattering for weak incident fields

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2392-2417

  Brecha, R J ^a   Rice, P R ^b   Xiao, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCIDENT FIELDS; OPTICAL CAVITY; PHOTON SCATTERING; PURE-STATE FORMALISM;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; LINEARIZATION; PHOTONS; SCATTERING; STATISTICS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0000698466     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.2392     Document Type: Article

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