Theory of single-photon transport in a single-mode waveguide. I. Coupling to a cavity containing a two-level atom

By Jung-Tsung Shen, Shanhui Fan. 2009

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The single-photon transport in a single-mode waveguide, coupled to a cavity embedded with a two-level atom, is analyzed. The single-photon transmission and reflection amplitudes, as well as the cavity and the atom excitation amplitudes, are solved exactly via a real-space approach. It is shown that the dissipations of the cavity and of the atom, respectively, affect distinctively on the transport properties of the photons and on the relative phase between the excitation amplitudes of the cavity mode and the atom.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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