Book | Chapter
(2009) Time in quantum mechanics II, Dordrecht, Springer.
Modern techniques allow experiments on a single-driven atom or a single system. The quantum jump approach was originally developed for the description of the temporal development of such a driven system and was later extended to more general situations like a moving particle coupled to a spatially confined laser beam or to spin-boson baths. In this chapter the underlying ideas are presented and illustrated by simple examples. Applications include the spectacular macroscopic light and dark periods in the fluorescence of a single atom, quantum counting processes and arrival times.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03174-8_6
Full citation:
Hegerfeldt, G. C. (2009)., The quantum jump approach and some of its applications, in G. Muga, A. Ruschhaupt & A. Del Campo (eds.), Time in quantum mechanics II, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 127-174.
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