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The enduring relevance of the Jaynes-Cummings model: a personal perspective

JOSA B
  • Peter Knight, Christopher Gerry, Richard Birrittella Jr., and Paul Alsing
  • received 03/15/2024; accepted 05/01/2024; posted 05/03/2024; Doc. ID 524015
  • Abstract: In this short perspective article we present our personal highlights on how the Jaynes-Cummings model has become a central model to describe spin-boson couplings underpinning much of modernquantum optics. To the current authors, the key contribution is a demonstration of a measurableeffect that showed the discreteness of the quantized radiation field.