Jaynes–Cummings Model

Exactly solvable model of a two-level atom coupled to one quantized cavity mode — the paradigm of cavity QED.

Specifications & Metrics

type

Quantum Optics & Information

originator

Edwin Jaynes & Fred Cummings

introduced

1963

Core Principles & Analysis

• A theoretical model describing a two-level atom interacting with a quantized mode of an optical cavity (or a bosonic field).
• It is famous for the collapses and revivals of the atom's Rabi oscillations.
• Its physics underlies cavity QED systems, including vacuum Rabi oscillations.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Jaynes–Cummings model