Photon scattering by a three-level emitter in a one-dimensional waveguide

By Dirk Witthaut, A. S. Sørensen. 2010

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We discuss the scattering of photons from a three-level emitter in a one-dimensional waveguide, where the transport is governed by the interference of spontaneously emitted and directly transmitted waves. The scattering problem is solved in closed form for different level structures. Several possible applications are discussed: the state of the emitter can be switched deterministically by Raman scattering, thus enabling applications in quantum computing such as a single-photon transistor. An array of emitters gives rise to a photonic band gap structure, which can be tuned by a classical driving laser. A disordered array leads to Anderson localization of photons, where the localization length can again be controlled by an external driving.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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Colloquium: Strongly interacting photons in one-dimensional continuum (2016, background): “Witthaut and Sørensen (2010) and Roy (2011b) study the transmission and reflection line-shapes for the Λ-type system.”
Atom-light interactions in quasi-one-dimensional nanostructures: A Green's-function perspective (2016, unknown): “(32) when applied to one atom agrees with what has been previously found [73].”
Quantum Electrodynamics in a Topological Waveguide (2020, background): “14b to stay below perfect transmission level (unity) as opposed to the prediction from the ideal case of electromagnetically induced transparency [40].”
Microwave photonics with superconducting quantum circuits (2017, background): “Driving a three-level atom can give rise to electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), affecting photon transport [575, 619, 620, 626, 629, 630], as discussed further in Sec.”