Abstract

The Jaynes-Cummings model (JCM)¹ of a two-level atom (2LA) interacting with a single mode of a high-finesse cavity in the strongcoupling regime forms the basis of studies in strong-coupling cavity quantum electrodynamics. Jaynes and Cummings¹ demonstrated that the semiclassical model of radiation could account for the observed properties of the coupled atom-cavity system, and it has remained a challenge to observe the nonclassical features of the JCM, specifically those that reveal quantum entanglement between the atomic internal degrees of freedom and the single-mode cavity field.

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