On the quantum theory of light interacting with nano-materials
arXiv:2310.04909 · doi:10.1117/12.2677807
Abstract
The fundamental processes of absorption, stimulated and spontaneous emission, and elastic as well as inelastic scattering involving light and atoms, molecules, and nano-particles have been studied for decades using both classical and quantum theories. While providing an overview of the subject, this paper presents a streamlined approach to studying atom-photon interactions in the context of modern quantum optics in the hope of providing guidance for applications in the general area of molecular and nano-photonic machines.
19 pages, 3 figures, 48 equations, one appendix, 10 references