Population trapping in the Jaynes-Cummings model with a Kerr nonlinearity in the cavity

Abstract

An electromagnetic field state is found which maintains the population inversion of the atom stationary during the interaction with the field through a Jaynes-Cummings model (JCM) with a Kerr type nonlinearity in the cavity. The condition of stationarity of the population inversion includes the phase coupling of atomic dipole with the field. We have shown that the Kerr nonlinearity in the cavity field significantly modifies the photon statistics of the trapped field state through an intensity dependent detuning in the field compared to the normal JCM trapping state. We have also demonstrated the novel features of sub-Poissonian character and the squeezing of the trapped field state. The dynamics of the initial trapped field is studied in terms of squeezing and the Q-function.