Intrinsic decoherence in the interaction of two fields with a two‐level atom

We study the interaction of a two‐level atom and two fields, one of them classical. We obtain an effective Hamiltonian for this system by using a method recently introduced that produces a small rotation to the Hamiltonian that allows to neglect some terms in the rotated Hamiltonian. Then we solve a variation of the Schrödinger equation that models decoherence as the system evolves through intrinsic mechanisms beyond conventional quantum mechanics rather than dissipative interaction with an environment. The authors study the interaction of a two‐level atom and two fields, one of them classical. They obtain an effective Hamiltonian for this system by using a method recently introduced that produces a small rotation …