Accelerated Multi-Level Atoms in an Electromagnetic Vacuum and Fulling-Davies-Unruh Effect

We consider, from the point of view of a coaccelerated frame, a uniformly accelerated multi-level atom in interaction with vacuum quantum electromagnetic fields in the multi-polar coupling scheme, and calculate the rate of change of the atom＇s energy assuming a thermal bath at a finite temperature T in the Rindler wedge. Comparison with the spontaneous excitation rate of the atom calculated in the instantaneous inertial frame of the atom shows that both the inertial and coaccelerated observer would agree with each other only when the temperature of the thermal bath equals the FDU value TFDU = α/2π.

Radiative Energy Shifts of an Accelerated Multilevel Atom Coupled to the Derivative of a Scalar Field

We study the energy level shifts of an accelerated multilevel atom in dipole coupling to the derivative of a quantum massless scalar field and separately calculate the contributions of vacuum fluctuations and radiation reaction to the shifts. It is found that, in contrast to the case of a monopole-like interaction, both the vacuum fluctuations and radiation reaction contributions are changed by acceleration, and they all contain non-thermal correction terms. Our results suggest that the effect of acceleration on the energy shifts is dependent on the type of the interaction between the atom and the quantum field.

Atom-field dynamics in curved spacetime

Some aspects of atom-field interactions in curved spacetime are reviewed.Of great interest are quantum radiative and entanglement processes arising out of Rindler and black hole spacetimes,which involve the role of Hawking-Unruh and dynamical Casimir effects.Most of the discussion surrounds the radiative part of interactions.For this,we specifically reassess the conventional understandings of atomic radiative transitions and energy level shifts in curved spacetime.We also briefly outline the status quo of entanglement dynamics study in curved spacetime,and highlight literature related to some novel insights,like entanglement harvesting.On one hand,the study of the role played by spacetime curvature in quantum radiative and informational phenomena has implications for fundamental physics,notably the gravity-quantum interface.In particular,one examines the viability of the Equivalence Principle,which is at the heart of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.On the other hand,it can be instructive for manipulating quantum information and light propagation in arbitrary geometries.Some issues related to nonthermal effects of acceleration are also discussed.

Rabi oscillation generation in the microring resonator system with double-series ring resonators

In this paper, a microring resonator(MRR) system using double-series ring resonators is proposed to generate and investigate the Rabi oscillations. The system is made up of silicon-on-insulator and attached to bus waveguide which is used as propagation and oscillation medium. The scattering matrix method is employed to determine the output signal intensity which acts as the input source between two-level Rabi oscillation states, where the increase of Rabi oscillation frequency with time is obtained at the resonant state. The population probability of the excited state is higher and unstable at the optical resonant state due to the nonlinear spontaneous emission process. The enhanced spontaneous emission can be managed by the atom(photon) excitation, which can be useful for atomic related sensors and single-photon source applications.