Cavity QED is the study of quantum effects on small cavities, manifested in variations in the lifetimes of unstable energy levels
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strange modulation of radiactive decay rates with solar activity
Recently i found out this uber strange article about nuclear decay rates being somehow showing seasonal variations with a high correlation with sun activity. Two very precise questions:
1) has this ...
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Does the Casimir effect allow to change the lifetime of a radiating atom?
Is it true that a spontaneously light-emitting atom changes its lifetime if it is put between two parallel plates that are so near that they attract each other through the Casimir effect?
Thus: does ...
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Partition Function for the Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian
I was wondering if anyone here has calculated before the partition function for the Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian:
$H_{JC}=\omega_0 (a^\dagger a + \sigma^+ \sigma^-)+g (a \sigma^+ +a^\dagger \sigma^-)$
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How is a qubit realized in a cavity?
Considering a single photon in a cavity, how is a qubit realized in this setup? How is the qubit $|0\rangle$ or $|1\rangle$ manipulated? I.e. how are the transitions $|0\rangle \to |1\rangle$ and ...
