Reduced bases for a three-level atom interacting with a two-mode radiation field

Abstract

Reduced bases are obtained for a single three-level atom interacting dipolarly with a two-mode electromagnetic field in a cavity. A truncation scheme for the infinite dimensional Hilbert space of the system is proposed, which we take it as the exact ground-state solution. This is used to determine the quantum phase diagram of the atomic $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Lambda}}$ configuration and to judge the goodness of the reduced bases. This provides us with a mathematical technique that can be used to solve systems where the number of atoms and excitations grow, yielding a Hilbert space with enormous dimensions, more effectively than with the currently available methods. Additionally, the sudden changes suffered by the ground-state solution can be observed through the calculation of the purity and the occupation probabilities.