Cavity photon counting: ab-initio derivation of the quantum jump superoperators and comparison of the existing models

Details Cavity photon counting: ab-initio derivation of the quantum jump superoperators and comparison of the existing models Cavity photon counting: ab-initio derivation of the quantum jump superoperators and comparison of the existing models

2008-08-12

arxiv.org/abs/0808.1660v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

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Time development of electromagnetic fields in closed cavities under continuous detection of photons continues to be a subject of confusing controversy. Recently Dodonov et al. [Phys. Rev. A, 75, 013806, 2007] argued that their model of quantum superoperators (E model) invalidates some of the predictions of the previously introduced photon counting model of Srinivas and Davies [J. Mod. Optic. 28, 981, 1981] (SD model). Both the SD and the E models are based on two postulated quantum jump superoperators: (1) the one-count operator corresponding to the absorption of a single photon and (2) the no-count operator. In this work we develop a stochastic difference equation that describes the dissipative coupling of the cavity field and the detector. The difference equation is based on non-perturbative treatment of the cavity-detector coupling. In spite of being non-integrable due to the coupling of the detector with an external reservoir it can be used to derive the exact forms of the quantum jump superoperators. When applied to a particular photon counting measurement our theory gives predictions identical with those of the SD model which should be considered a non-perturbative and ab-initio result. It is pointed out that available experimental results coincide with the results given by the ab-initio SD model. We summarize some of the key characteristics of cavity fields and photon counting processes to demonstrate that the results given by the SD model are consistent with the principles of quantum mechanics while those given by the E model are not.

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