Published September 2004
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Journal article
Model for resonant photon creation in a cavity with time-dependent conductivity
- 1. Department of Physics, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, New York 10003 (United States)
- 2. Theoretical Division, MS B213 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
- 3. Departamento de Fisica Juan Jose Giambiagi, FCEyN UBA, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon I, 1428 Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Description
In an electromagnetic cavity, photons can be created from the vacuum state by changing the cavity's properties with time. Using a simple model based on a massless scalar field, we analyze resonant photon creation induced by the time-dependent conductivity of a thin semiconductor film contained in the cavity. This time dependence may be achieved by irradiating periodically the film with short laser pulses. This setup offers several experimental advantages over the case of moving mirrors
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.033811;
- arXiv
- arXiv:quant-ph/0404135v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 70
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 033811-033811.6
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36087115
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CASIMIR EFFECT; LASER RADIATION; MIRRORS; OPTICS; PERIODICITY; PHOTONS; PULSES; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SCALAR FIELDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; TIME DEPENDENCE; VACUUM STATES
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; FILMS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATERIALS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATIONS; VARIATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2004 The American Physical Society