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The dynamic behavior of the entanglement for two two-level atoms coupled to a common lossy cavity is studied. We find that the speed of disentanglement is a decreasing (increasing) function of the damping rate of the cavity for on/near…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-03 Yang Li , Hong Guo

While ideal lattice models have been widely used to study giant-atom systems, fabrication-induced defects inevitably introduce disorder in realistic platforms. Here, we study non-Markovian dynamics of a giant atom coupled to a discrete…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Maohua Wang , Yan Zhang

Spontaneous emission of an excited atom in a featureless continuum of electromagnetic modes is a fundamental process in quantum electrodynamics associated with an exponential decay of the quantum emitter to its ground state accompanied by…

Optics · Physics 2020-08-18 Stefano Longhi

Achieving quantum state transfer in passive ways can become a powerful asset for scalable quantum networks. Here, we demonstrate how giant atoms coupled to 1D waveguides provide a platform for such a passive, deterministic transfer.…

Models of light-matter interactions typically invoke the dipole approximation, within which atoms are treated as point-like objects when compared to the wavelength of the electromagnetic modes that they interact with. However, when the…

We investigate the coherent interactions mediated by the coupled resonator waveguide between two types of giant atoms. We find that the effective coupling and collective dissipation can be controlled on demand by adjusting the configuration…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-14 Mingzhu Weng , Xin Wang , Zhihai Wang

Superconducting qubits coupled to meandering transmission lines or surface acoustic waves may realize giant artificial atoms, whose spatially separated coupling points give rise to long-lived non-Markovian dynamics. Previous studies were…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-08 Mei Yu , Walter T. Strunz , Stefan Nimmrichter

We study the Markovian and Non-Markovian dynamics in a giant atom system which couples to a coupled resonator waveguide (CRW) via two distant sites. Under certain conditions, we find that the giant atom population can exhibit an oscillating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 Xiaojun Zhang , Chengge Liu , Zhirui Gong , Zhihai Wang

In quantum optics, light-matter interaction has conventionally been studied using small atoms interacting with electromagnetic fields with wavelength several orders of magnitude larger than the atomic dimensions. In contrast, here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-16 Gustav Andersson , Baladitya Suri , Lingzhen Guo , Thomas Aref , Per Delsing

Giant atoms, where the dipole approximation ceases to be valid, allow us to observe unconventional quantum optical phenomena arising from interference and time-delay effects. Most previous studies consider giant atoms coupling to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-23 Zhao-Min Gao , Jia-Qi Li , Zi-Wen Li , Wen-Xiao Liu , Xin Wang

We demonstrate a giant atom by coupling a superconducting transmon qubit to a lithium niobate phononic waveguide at two points separated by about 600 acoustic wavelengths, with a propagation delay of 125 ns. The giant atom yields…

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 fact that repeated projective measurements can slow down (the Zeno effect) or speed up (the anti-Zeno effect) quantum evolution is well-known. However, to date, studies of these effects focus on quantum systems that are weakly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-26 Adam Zaman Chaudhry

We study the non-Markovian dynamics of a two-level giant atom interacting with a one-dimensional semi-infinite waveguide through multiple coupling points, where a perfect mirror is located at the endpoint of the waveguide. The system enters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Z. Y. Li , H. Z. Shen

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

The non-Markovian effects of open quantum systems subjected to external environments are deemed to be valuable resources in quantum optics and quantum information processing. In this work, we investigate the non-Markovian dynamics of a…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-15 S. J. Sun , Z. Y. Li , C. Cui , Shuang Xu , H. Z. Shen

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

It is well known that repeated projective measurements can either speed up (the Zeno effect) or slow down (the anti-Zeno effect) quantum evolution. Until now, however, studies of these effects for a two-level system interacting strongly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-10 Ghazi Khan , Hudaiba Soomro , Muhammad Usman Baig , Irfan Javed , Adam Zaman Chaudhry

We utilize a superconducting qubit processor to experimentally probe non-Markovian dynamics of an entangled qubit pair. We prepare an entangled state between two qubits and monitor the evolution of entanglement over time as one of the…

Atoms coupled to the same environment interfere with each other to yield super- or sub-radiance. Specifically, atoms in subradiant states are promising candidates for long-lifetime qubits and quantum memory because of the immunity to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Yuan liu , Linhan Lin , Hong-Bo Sun