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This work introduces a theoretical framework to model the collective dynamics of quantum emitters in highly non-Markovian environments, interacting through the exchange of photons with significant retardations. The formalism consists on a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-09 Carlos Barahona-Pascual , Hong Jiang , Alan C. Santos , Juan José García-Ripoll

Waveguide quantum electrodynamics (QED) provides a powerful framework for engineering quantum interactions, traditionally relying on periodic photonic arrays with continuous energy bands. Here, we investigate waveguide QED in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-27 Florian Bönsel , Flore K. Kunst , Federico Roccati

In the waveguide quantum electrodynamics (QED) system, emitter separation plays an important role for its functionality. Here, we present a method to measure the deep-subwavelength emitter separation in a waveguide-QED system. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 Zeyang Liao , M. Al-Amri , M. Suhail. Zubairy

Bound states arise in waveguide QED systems with a strong frequency-dependence of the coupling between emitters and photonic modes. While exciting such bound-states with single photon wave-packets is not possible, photon-photon interactions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Rahul Trivedi , Daniel Malz , Shanhui Fan , Jelena Vuckovic

Spectrally and spatially varying ensembles of emitters embedded into waveguides are ever-present in both well-established and emerging technologies. If control of collective excitations can be attained, a plethora of coherent quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-13 Lewis Ruks , Xuejun Xu , Ryuichi Ohta , William John Munro , Victor Manuel Bastidas

Spontaneous emission of a quantum emitter, such as an excited atom, is a fundamental process in quantum electrodynamics (QED), typically associated with exponential decay to the ground state accompanied by irreversible photon emission. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Stefano Longhi

We explore the features of an equally-spaced array of two-level quantum emitters, that can be either natural atoms (or molecules) or artificial atoms, coupled to a field with a single continuous degree of freedom (such as an electromagnetic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-28 Davide Lonigro , Paolo Facchi , Saverio Pascazio , Francesco V. Pepe , Domenico Pomarico

Waveguide quantum electrodynamics offers a wide range of possibilities to effectively engineer interactions between artificial atoms via a one-dimensional open waveguide. While these interactions have been experimentally studied in the few…

We develop a general dynamical theory for studying a single photon transport in a one-dimensional (1D) waveguide coupled to multiple emitters which can be either identical or non-identical. In this theory, both the effects of the waveguide…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-30 Zeyang Liao , Hyunchul Nha , M. Suhail Zubairy

Radiative coupling between quantum emitters leads to a range of spectacular emission phenomena. Dicke studied the foundations of collectively enhanced and suppressed decay, commonly referred to as super- and subradiance. Collective effects…

We propose a simple circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) experiment to test the generation of entanglement between two superconducting qubits. Instead of the usual cavity QED picture, we study qubits which are coupled to an open…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-20 C. Sabin , J. J. Garcia-Ripoll , E. Solano , J. Leon

We study the collective effects that emerge in waveguide quantum electrodynamics where several (artificial) atoms are coupled to a one-dimensional superconducting transmission line. Since single microwave photons can travel without loss for…

In contrast to free space, in waveguides the dispersive and dissipative dipole-dipole interactions among quantum emitters exhibit a periodic behavior over remarkably long distances. We propose a novel setup exploiting this long-range…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-09 Martin Fasser , Laurin Ostermann , Helmut Ritsch , Christoph Hotter

We study the spontaneous decay of an impurity coupled to a linear array of bosonic cavities forming a single-band photonic waveguide. The average frequency of the emitted photon is different from the frequency for single-photon resonant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-22 E. Sánchez-Burillo , D. Zueco , L. Martín-Moreno , J. J. García-Ripoll

Waveguide quantum electrodynamics studies photon-mediated interactions of quantum emitters in a one-dimensional radiation channel. Although signatures of such interactions have been observed previously in a variety of physical systems,…

We develop the theory of a metamaterial composed of an array of discrete quantum absorbers inside a one-dimensional waveguide that implements a high-efficiency microwave photon detector. A basic design consists of a few metastable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-21 G. Romero , J. J. Garcia-Ripoll , E. Solano

While designing the energy-momentum relation of photons is key to many linear, non-linear, and quantum optical phenomena, a new set of light-matter properties may be realized by employing the topology of the photonic bath itself. In this…

We study a quantum electrodynamics (QED) system made of an two-level atom and a semi-infinite rectangular waveguide, which behaves as a perfect mirror in one end. The spatial dependence of the atomic spontaneous emission has been included…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-27 Hai-Xi Song , Xiao-Qi Sun , Jing Lu , Lan Zhou

An oscillating bound state is a phenomenon where excitations mediated by the continuum modes oscillate persistently. Although it is generated by the superposition of two bound states in the continuum (BICs), such phenomenon is said to be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-29 YuPing He , Ge Sun , Jing Li , Ya Yang , Ling Lu , Lan Zhou

We identify a general connection between the physics of exceptional points in non-Hermitian systems and the few-photon bound states in waveguide quantum electrodynamics (QED) systems. We show that, in waveguide QED systems where the local…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-12 Shanshan Xu , Shanhui Fan