Quantum systems coupled to a structured reservoir with multiple excitations

Georgios M. Nikolopoulos, Søren Bay, P. Lambropoulos

Published 1999-09-29Version 1

We present a method for dealing with quantum systems coupled to a structured reservoir with any density of modes and with more than one excitation. We apply the method to a two-level atom coupled to the edge of a photonic band gap and a defect mode. Results pertaining to this system, provide the solution to the problem of two photons in the reservoir and possible generalization is discussed.