Abstract
The Jaynes-Cummings paper treats the problem of one-atom interacting with one cavity mode with two alternative theories: quantum electrodynamics and semiclassical theory, and compares the predictions. The semiclassical theory was later extended to treat a single atom in free space interacting with a classical field including radiation reaction. The resulting theory was called Neoclassical theory, and is described by nonlinear optical Bloch equations. These nonlinear equations have shown up in a number of physical systems and were the subject of the famous Jaynes-Franken bet that was a prominent feature of the early Rochester Coherence and Quantum Optics Conferences. We will touch on all of these topics in a historical review.
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