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TMF, 2019 Volume 198, Number 1, Pages 133–144 (Mi tmf9545)

This article is cited in 2 papers

Large fluctuations in two-level systems with stimulated emission

E. A. Pecherskya, S. A. Pirogova, G. M. Schützb, A. A. Vladimirova, A. A. Yambartsevc

a Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kharkevich Institute), Moscow
b Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Komplexe Systeme, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
c Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Abstract: We consider a system of $N$ identical independent Markov processes, each taking values $0$ or $1$. The system describes the stochastic dynamics of an ensemble of two-level atoms. The atoms are exposed to a photon flux. Under the photon flux action, each atom changes its state with some rates either from its ground state (state $0)$ to the excited state (state $1)$ or from the excited state to the ground state (stimulated emission). The atom can also spontaneously change its state from the excited to the ground state. We study rare events where a large cumulative emission occurs during a fixed time interval $[0,T]$. For this, we apply the large-deviation theory, which allows an asymptotic analysis as $N\to\infty$.

Keywords: continuous-time Markov process, large deviation, infinitesimal generator, Hamiltonian, Hamiltonian system.

Received: 14.02.2018
Revised: 14.02.2018

DOI: 10.4213/tmf9545


 English version:
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 2019, 198:1, 118–128

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