Back-reaction effects of quantum vacuum in cavity quantum electrodynamics

Year: 2012

Authors: Carusotto I., De Liberato S., Gerace D., Ciuti C.

Autors Affiliation: Univ Trento, INO CNR BEC Ctr, I-38123 Povo, Italy; Univ Trento, Dipartimento Fis, I-38123 Povo, Italy; Univ Paris 07, Lab Mat & Phenomenes Quant, F-75205 Paris 13, France; CNRS, UMR 7162, F-75205 Paris 13, France; Univ Pavia, UdR CNISM, I-27100 Pavia, Italy; Univ Pavia, Dipartimento Fis A Volta, I-27100 Pavia, Italy.

Abstract: We theoretically study an optical system in which the back-reaction of quantum vacuum manifests itself as a sizable suppression of the absorption by a three-level emitter embedded in an optical cavity. A theoretical model including the anti-rotating-wave terms of the light-matter interaction Hamiltonian is developed to describe the conversion of zero-point fluctuations into observable radiation, as well as the back-reaction of the quantum vacuum onto the emitter.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 85 (2)      Pages from: 23805-1  to: 23805-5

More Information: I.C. is grateful to R. Balbinot, A. Fabbri, D. Faccio, M.-T. Jaekel, A. Lambrecht, S. Reynaud, and S. Savasta for continuous discussions. I.C. acknowledges financial support from ERC through the QGBE grant.
KeyWords: Moving Mirror; Radiation; Time
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.023805

Citations: 41
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