Abstract
We propose a self-consistent quantum mechanical approach to study the dynamics of a two-level system subject to random time evolution. This randomness gives rise to competing effects between dissipative and nondissipative decoherence with a consequent slowdown of the atomic decay rate.
- Received 12 February 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.042111
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