Integrable models for quantum media excited by laser radiation: a   method, physical interpretation, and examples
  A method to build various integrable models for description of coherent excitation of multilevel media by laser pulses is suggested. Distribution functions over the energy levels of quantum systems depending on the time and frequency detuning are obtained. The distributions follow from Schr\"odinger equation exact solutions and give the complete dynamical description of laser-excited quantum multilevel systems. Interpretation based on the Fourier spectra of the probability amplitudes of a quantum system is presented. The spectra are expressed in terms of orthonormal polynomials and their weight functions. Matrix elements of the dipole transitions between levels are equal to coefficients of the recurrence formula for the orthonormal polynomial system. Some examples are presented. The Kravchuk oscillator family as an integrable model is constructed to describe the coherent excitation dynamics of multilevel resonance media. It is based on the use of the Kravchuk orthogonal polynomials. The Kravchuk oscillator excitation dynamics is described by the binomial distribution of energy level populations and the distribution parameter depends on excitation conditions. Two known basic models in quantum physics -- the harmonic oscillator and two-level system are the special representatives of the Kravchuk oscillator family. 
Vadim A. Savva and Vadim I. Zelenkov
quant-ph math-ph math.MP