Numerical simulations of fundamental light-matter interactions.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Petruccione, Francesco. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Sinayskiy, Llya. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Qwabe, Henry Simphiwe. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-23T08:53:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-23T08:53:11Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2017 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | Masters of Science in Physics. University KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2017. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | We present the results of the numerical investigations of light-matter interactions in one and two dimensions from the quantum mechanical perspective. We investigate the dynamics of two-level systems coupled to quantized electromagnetic fields. We construct a quantum mechanical model to demonstrate how light interacts with classical objects such as mirrors and beam-splitters made from group of atoms, where each atom is modelled as a two-level system. We have been able to simulate behaviour of a singlephoton being reflected and transmitted as a process of absorption and re-emission by the atoms. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/15716 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Numerical. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Investigations. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Mirrors. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Beam splitters. | en_US |
| dc.title | Numerical simulations of fundamental light-matter interactions. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |