Physical Review Letters · 1993 · 702 citations · 5 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsQuantum MechanicsStochastic ProcessesTheoretical PhysicsOpen Quantum SystemsOptical SourcesQuantum DynamicsQuantum OpticsBroadband Light SourcesCoherent StatesEntangled State DynamicsParametric OscillatorsQuantum TrajectoriesQuantum Trajectory TheoryStochastic Schrödinger EquationsWavefunction Collapse
The quantum trajectory theory of an open quantum system driven by a photoemissive source is formulated. The formalism is illustrated by applying it to photon scattering from an atom driven by strongly focused coherent light.
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