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Photonic Band Structure of Two-dimensional Atomic Lattices

Quantum Physics 2017-12-08 v1 Atomic Physics Optics

Abstract

Two-dimensional atomic arrays exhibit a number of intriguing quantum optical phenomena, including subradiance, nearly perfect reflection of radiation and long-lived topological edge states. Studies of emission and scattering of photons in such lattices require complete treatment of the radiation pattern from individual atoms, including long-range interactions. We describe a systematic approach to perform the calculations of collective energy shifts and decay rates in the presence of such long-range interactions for arbitrary two-dimensional atomic lattices. As applications of our method, we investigate the topological properties of atomic lattices both in free-space and near plasmonic surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.1708.03413,
  title  = {Photonic Band Structure of Two-dimensional Atomic Lattices},
  author = {Janos Perczel and Johannes Borregaard and Darrick E. Chang and Hannes Pichler and Susanne F. Yelin and Peter Zoller and Mikhail D. Lukin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.03413},
  year   = {2017}
}

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15 pages, 7 figures