We show how to realize a single-photon Dicke state in a large one-dimensional array of two- level systems, and discuss how to test its quantum properties. Realization of single-photon Dicke states relies on the cooperative nature of the interaction between a field reservoir and an array of two-level-emitters. The resulting dynamics of the delocalized state can display Rabi-like oscillations when the number of two-level emitters exceeds several hundred. In this case the large array of emitters is essentially behaving like a mirror-less cavity. We outline how this might be realized using a multiple-quantum-well structure and discuss how the quantum nature of these oscillations could be tested with the Leggett-Garg inequality and its extensions.
@article{arxiv.1209.0906,
title = {Delocalized single-photon Dicke states and the Leggett- Garg inequality in solid state systems},
author = {Guang-Yin Chen and Neill Lambert and Che-Ming Li and Yueh-Nan Chen and Franco Nori},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.0906},
year = {2012}
}