The rotating wave approximation (RWA) of quantum optics: Serious defect

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 377-381

  Ford, G W ^a   O'Connell, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rotating wave approximation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ROTATING WAVE APPROXIMATION (RWA);

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0031236352     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00265-3     Document Type: Article

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