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Waveguide quantum electrodynamics (WQED) provides a powerful platform for exploring quantum optical phenomena by enhancing atom-photon interactions through photon confinement in a waveguide. Here we investigate the photon-scattering…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Yanjin Yue , Rui-Yang Gong , Shengyong Li , Ze-Liang Xiang

We propose a simple scheme for the dissipative generation of entangled states of multiple emitters coupled to a waveguide. Our approach exploits collective interactions arising from the formation of subradiant and superradiant excited…

In quantum-optics experiments with both natural and artificial atoms, the atoms are usually small enough that they can be approximated as point-like compared to the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation they interact with. However,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 Anton Frisk Kockum , Göran Johansson , Franco Nori

Giant atoms are artificial atoms that can couple to a waveguide non-locally. Previous works have shown that two giant atoms in a braided configuration can interact through one-dimensional (1D) infinite and chiral waveguides, with both…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-06 Jie Liu , Yue Cai , Lei Tan

We present a scheme for the dissipative preparation of an entangled steady state of two superconducting qubits in a circuit QED setup. Combining resonator photon loss, a dissipative process already present in the setup, with an effective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-15 Florentin Reiter , L. Tornberg , Göran Johansson , Anders S. Sørensen

The dynamical evolution of a quantum system composed of two coupled cavities, each containing a two-level atom and a single-mode thermal field, is investigated under different conditions. The entanglement between the two atoms is controlled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-28 Li-Tuo Shen , Zhen-Biao Yang , Huai-Zhi Wu , Xin-Yu Chen , Shi-Biao Zheng

Quantum optics with giant atoms provides a new approach for implementing optical memory devices at the atomic scale. Here, we theoretically study the relaxation dynamics of a single driven three-level atom interacting with a one-dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-31 Yang ya , Sun ge , Li jing , Lu jing , Zhou lan

The giant atom system is a new paradigm in quantum optics, in which the traditional dipole approximation is not available. In this paper, we construct an artificial giant atom model by coupling a superconducting circuits to a transmission…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-10 Xiaojun Zhang , Weijun Cheng , Zhirui Gong , Taiyu Zheng , Zhihai Wang

We investigate the behavior of two quantum emitters (two-level atoms) embedded in a linear waveguide, in a quasi-one-dimensional configuration. Since the atoms can emit, absorb and reflect radiation, the pair can spontaneously relax towards…

We find the phase-controlled bound state out of the continuum~(BOC) and bound state in the continuum~(BIC) in an artificial giant atom dressed one-dimensional photonic waveguide where the giant atom couples to the waveguide via two distant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Xiaojun Zhang , Mingjie Zhu , Zhihai Wang

We propose a stochastic Schr\"odinger equation (SSE) approach to investigate the dynamics of giant atoms coupled to a waveguide, addressing two critical gaps in existing research, namely insufficient exploration on continuous coupling and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Shiying Lin , Xinyu Zhao , Yan Xia

Giant atoms -- quantum emitters that couple to light at multiple discrete points -- are emerging as a new paradigm in quantum optics thanks to their many promising properties, such as decoherence-free interaction. While most previous work…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Ariadna Soro , Carlos Sánchez Muñoz , Anton Frisk Kockum

Quantum emitters coupled to waveguides with nonlinear dispersion show rich quantum dynamics with the promise of implementing non-trivial non-Markovian quantum models. Recent advances in engineered photonic environments now allow the…

Giant atoms are known for the frequency-dependent spontaneous emission and associated interference effects. In this paper, we study the spontaneous emission dynamics of a two-level giant atom with dynamically modulated transition frequency.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-28 Lei Du , Yan Zhang , Yong Li

The nonlocal emitter-waveguide coupling, which gives birth to the so called giant atom, represents a new paradigm in the field of quantum optics and waveguide QED. In this paper, we investigate the single-photon scattering in a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-08 Wei Zhao , Yan Zhang , Zhihai Wang

In this paper, we show that quantum feedback control may be applied to generate desired states for atomic and photonic systems based on a semi-infinite waveguide coupled with multiple two-level atoms. In this set-up, an initially excited…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-21 Haijin Ding , Nina H. Amini , Guofeng Zhang , John E. Gough

In cavity QED, the mutual interaction between natural atomic systems in presence of a radiation field was ignored due to its negligible impact compared with the coupling to the field. The newly engineered artificial atomic systems (such as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Gehad Sadiek , Wiam AlDrees , M. Sebaweh Abdallah

Engineered dissipation provides a powerful route to controlling and stabilizing quantum states in open systems. Superconducting circuits are particularly suited to this approach due to their tunable coupling to dissipative environments.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Qihao Guo , Botao Du , Ruichao Ma

We present a review of recent research on quantum entanglement, with special emphasis on entanglement between single atoms, processing of an encoded entanglement and its temporary evolution. Analysis based on the density matrix formalism…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Zbigniew Ficek

We propose a dissipative scheme to prepare a three-dimensional entangled state for two atoms trapped in separate coupled cavities. Our work shows that both atomic spontaneous emission and cavity decay, which are two typical obstacles in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-11 Shi-Lei Su , Xiao-Qiang Shao , Hong-Fu Wang , Shou Zhang