Few-Photon Single-Atom Cavity QED With Input-Output Formalism in Fock Space

Author

Rephaeli, Eden ; Fan, Shanhui

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA

Volume

18

Issue

6

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1754

Lastpage

1762

Abstract

The Jaynes-Cummings (JC) system, which describes the interaction between a cavity and a two-level atom, is one of the most important systems in quantum optics. We obtain analytic solutions for the one- and two-photon transport in a waveguide side-coupled to the JC system using input-output formalism in Fock space. With these results, we discuss the conditions under which the JC system functions as a photon switch for waveguide photons in both the strong and weak coupling regimes.

Keywords

Jaynes-Cummings model; optical waveguides; two-photon processes; Fock space; JC system; Jaynes-Cummings system; cavity interaction; few-photon single-atom cavity QED; input-output formalism; one-photon transport; photon switch; quantum optics; side-coupled waveguide; strong coupling regimes; two-level atom; two-photon transport; waveguide photons; weak coupling regimes; Atomic clocks; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Mathematical model; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Switches; Atom optics; cavity resonators; microwave photonics; nanophotonics; optical switches; optical waveguide; quantum dots; resonance light scattering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2196261

Filename

6189728