A two-level atom coupled to a controllable squeezed vacuum field reservoir
Jun-Hong An, Shun-Jin Wang, Hong-Gang Luo, Cheng-Long Jia · Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical Optics · 2004
The dissipative and decoherence properties of a two-level atom interacting with a squeezed vacuum field reservoir are investigated based on the nonautonomous master equation of the atomic density matrix in the framework of algebraic dynamics. The nonautonomous master equation is converted into a Schrödinger-like equation and its dynamical symmetry is found based on the left and right representations of the relevant algebra. The time-dependent solutions and the steady solutions are obtained analytically. The asymptotic behaviour of the solutions is examined and the approach to the equilibrium state is proved. Based on the analytic solution the response of the system to the squeezed vacuum field reservoir is studied numerically.