Nonintegrability and quantum fluctuations in a quantum optical model

Abstract

Integrability in quantum theory has been defined in more than one ways. Recently, Braak suggested a new definition that a quantum system is integrable if the number of parameters required to specify the eigenstates and the number degrees of freedom (both discrete and continuous) are equal. It is argued that the dependence of uncertainty product of suitable operators on the atom-field interaction strength is distinctly different for the integrable and nonintegrable cases. These studies indicate that uncertainty product is able to identify nonintegrable atom-field systems in the context of the new definition.