dc.creatorDutra, SM
dc.creatorFuruya, K
dc.date1997
dc.dateMAY
dc.date2014-12-16T11:33:25Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:58:41Z
dc.date2014-12-16T11:33:25Z
dc.date2015-11-26T16:58:41Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T23:46:19Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T23:46:19Z
dc.identifierPhysical Review A. Amer Physical Soc, v. 55, n. 5, n. 3832, n. 3841, 1997.
dc.identifier1050-2947
dc.identifierWOS:A1997WX95200073
dc.identifier10.1103/PhysRevA.55.3832
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/81357
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/81357
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/81357
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1277993
dc.descriptionThis article addresses the problem of whether it is possible to describe the effect of the atoms of material media on the field only in terms of a dielectric constant, in the regime where the field has to be treated quantum mechanically. Using a simple model of a linear lossless material medium, we start from first principles and determine the validity of the approximations required to obtain such a quantum analogue of classical macroscopic electrodynamics. This theory is derived here from the fundamental microscopic QED description of a medium, in terms of its constituent atoms in the vacuum, by taking macroscopic averages of the dynamical variables. The condition of the validity of the macroscopic approximation is obtained as the proviso for neglecting the contribution of the atoms of the medium to the quantum noise of the field. We show that macroscopic averaging is compatible with a quantum theory and does not imply any smoothening of the intrinsic quantum fluctuations of the field. Although this theory is based on a simple one-dimensional model of a single-mode cavity, it is able to describe the frequency dependence of the dielectric constant.
dc.description55
dc.description5
dc.description3832
dc.description3841
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAmer Physical Soc
dc.publisherCollege Pk
dc.publisherEUA
dc.relationPhysical Review A
dc.relationPhys. Rev. A
dc.rightsaberto
dc.rightshttp://publish.aps.org/authors/transfer-of-copyright-agreement
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectInhibited Spontaneous Emission
dc.subjectDielectric Media
dc.subjectSqueezed States
dc.subjectQuantum Optics
dc.subjectDispersion Cancellation
dc.subjectParametric-amplifier
dc.subjectLocal-fields
dc.subjectQuantization
dc.subjectLight
dc.subjectPropagation
dc.titleMacroscopic averages in QED in material media
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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