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In this paper, we consider giant atoms coupled to a one-dimensional topological waveguide reservoir. We studied the following two cases. In the bandgap regime, where the giant-atom frequency lies outside the band, we study the generation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-07 Da-Wei Wang , Chengsong Zhao , Junya Yang , Ye-Ting Yan , Zhihai-Wang Ling Zhou

Quantum optics with giant emitters has shown a new route for the observation and manipulation of non-Markovian properties in waveguide-QED. In this paper we extend the theory of giant atoms, hitherto restricted to the perturbative…

Chiral quantum optics is a growing field of research where light-matter interactions become asymmetrically dependent on momentum and spin, offering novel control over photonic and electronic degrees of freedom. Recently, the platforms for…

In this paper, we begin with a model of a $\Lambda$-type atom whose both transitions are chirally coupled to a waveguide and then extend the model to its giant-atom version. We investigate the single-photon scatterings of the giant-atom…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-10 Lei Du , Yao-Tong Chen , Yong Li

Open quantum systems with chiral interactions can be realized by coupling atoms to guided radiation modes in waveguides or optical fibres. In their steady state these systems can feature intricate many-body phases such as entangled dark…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-25 Giuseppe Buonaiuto , Ryan Jones , Beatriz Olmos , Igor Lesanovsky

Quantum optics with giant atoms has provided a new paradigm to study photon scatterings. In this work, we investigate the nontrivial single-photon scattering properties of giant atoms being an effective platform to realize nonreciprocal and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-27 Yao-Tong Chen , Lei Du , Lingzhen Guo , Zhihai Wang , Yan Zhang , Yong Li , Jin-Hui Wu

We investigate the single-photon scattering spectrum of a driven $\Lambda$-type giant atom system chirally coupled to a one-dimensional (1D) waveguide. By employing a real-space scattering approach, we obtain analytical solutions for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-25 Yimei Wang , Jing Li , Lan Zhou , Jing Lu

Atoms interact with each other through the electromagnetic field, creating collective states that can radiate faster or slower than a single atom, i.e. super- and sub-radiance. The generation and control of such states by engineering the…

We propose two setups for realizing a chiral quantum network, where two-level systems representing the nodes interact via directional emission into discrete waveguides, as introduced in T. Ramos et al. [Phys. Rev. A 93, 062104 (2016)]. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-27 Benoît Vermersch , Tomás Ramos , Philipp Hauke , Peter Zoller

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,…

Engineering light-matter interactions at the quantum level has been central to the pursuit of quantum optics for decades. Traditionally, this has been done by coupling emitters, typically natural atoms and ions, to quantized electromagnetic…

A chiral-coupled atomic chain of two-level quantum emitters allows strong resonant dipole-dipole interactions, which enables significant collective couplings between every other emitters. We numerically obtain the steady-state phase diagram…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-31 H. H. Jen

Tightly confined modes of light, as in optical nanofibers or photonic crystal waveguides, can lead to large optical coupling in atomic systems, which mediates long-range interactions between atoms. These one-dimensional systems can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-08 Zachary Eldredge , Pablo Solano , Darrick Chang , Alexey V. Gorshkov

At the most fundamental level, the interaction between light and matter is manifested by the emission and absorption of single photons by single quantum emitters. Controlling light--matter interaction is the basis for diverse applications…

Describing systems of superconducting atoms coupled to a continuum of photonic modes at multiple separated locations in a waveguide, waveguide quantum electrodynamics (QED) with giant atoms has emerged as a promising platform for realizing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Zong-Wei Wu , Jun-Hong An

We study the entanglement generation of two giant atoms within a one-dimensional bidirectional-chiral waveguide quantum electrodynamics (QED) system, where the initial state of the two giant atoms are $|e_a,g_b\rangle $. Here, each giant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-30 Jie Liu , Yue Cai , Kang-Jie Ma , Lei Tan , Wu-Ming Liu

We demonstrate a fiber-integrated quantum optical circulator that is operated by a single atom and that relies on the chiral interaction between emitters and transversally confined light. Like its counterparts in classical optics, our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-04 Michael Scheucher , Adèle Hilico , Elisa Will , Jürgen Volz , Arno Rauschenbeutel

Superconducting circuits based on Josephson junctions exhibit macroscopic quantum coherence and can behave like artificial atoms. Recent technological advances have made it possible to implement atomic-physics and quantum-optics experiments…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 J. Q. You , Franco Nori

To go beyond quantum optics in free-space setups, atom-light interfaces with structured photonic environments are often employed to realize unconventional quantum electrodynamics (QED) phenomena. However, when employed as quantum buses,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-03 Xin Wang , Huai-Bing Zhu , Tao Liu , Franco Nori

Chirality in integrated quantum photonics has emerged as a promising route towards achieving scalable quantum technologies with quantum nonlinearity effects. Topological photonic waveguides, which utilize helical optical modes, have been…