Alternative approach to electromagnetic field quantization in nonlinear and inhomogeneous media
Abstract
A simple approach is proposed for the quantization of the electromagnetic field in nonlinear and inhomogeneous media. Given the dielectric function and nonlinear susceptibilities, the Hamiltonian of the electromagnetic field is determined completely by this quantization method. From Heisenberg's equations we derive Maxwell's equations for the field operators. When the nonlinearity goes to zero, this quantization method returns to the generalized canonical quantization procedure for linear inhomogeneous media [Phys. Rev. A 43, 467 (1991)]. The explicit Hamiltonians for the second-order and third-order nonlinear quasi-steady-state processes are obtained based on this quantization procedure.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- July 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.925
- arXiv:
- arXiv:quant-ph/9612009
- Bibcode:
- 1997PhRvA..56..925D
- Keywords:
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- 42.50.Ct;
- 03.70.+k;
- 42.65.-k;
- 11.10.Lm;
- Quantum description of interaction of light and matter;
- related experiments;
- Theory of quantized fields;
- Nonlinear optics;
- Nonlinear or nonlocal theories and models;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- Corrections in references and introduction