The enduring relevance of the Jaynes-Cummings model: a personal perspective

Abstract

In this short perspective article we present our personal highlights on how the Jaynes-Cummings model has become a central model to describe spin-boson couplings underpinning much of modern quantum optics. To the current authors, the key contribution is a demonstration of a measurable effect that showed the discreteness of the quantized radiation field.

This paper was prepared as part of a special issue to the Journal of the Optical Society to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Jaynes-Cummings model