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The Photon Model and Non-Hermitean Modes

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Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII

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Field quantization in unstable optical systemsis treated by expanding the vector potential in terms of non-Hermitean (Fox-Li) modes satisfying biorthogonality conditions. Spontaneous atomic decay is treated giving a rate enhanced by the Petermann factor.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia

    S. A. Brown & B. J. Dalton

  2. SCOAP, CPES, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1, 9QH, UK

    B. J. Dalton

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  1. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

    N. P. Bigelow , J. H. Eberly , C. R. Stroud  & I. A. Walmsley , ,  & 

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Brown, S.A., Dalton, B.J. (2003). The Photon Model and Non-Hermitean Modes. In: Bigelow, N.P., Eberly, J.H., Stroud, C.R., Walmsley, I.A. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8907-9_75

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