Spring-mass analog for quantum field theory?

Has anybody attempted a pedagogical introduction to the interaction between an atom and the electromagnetic field using this one-dimensional system? Both the atom and the quantum field are represented by spring(s) and mass(es), and weak coupling is achieved by a spring with small spring constant, k. This spring exerts a small attractive force by Hooke’s law, F=-k(Xatom-Xmass), between the atom and the central black mass that represents the field at one point. The system can be solved by finding the normal modes of the classical Hamiltonian and reducing it to a system of independent SHOs. Many years ago, I did something like this for the Mossbauer Effect, where I showed how the gamma ray can deliver its momentum to a phonon.