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In this work, we utilize a two-level atom and a ${\Lambda}$-type atom to link two identical waveguides, subsequently extending the model to a giant-atom configuration. Our analytical solutions and numerical simulations demonstrate that this…

We propose a single-photon router using a single atom with an inversion center coupled to quantum multichannels made of coupled-resonator waveguides. We show that the spontaneous emission of the atom can direct single photons from one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-14 Jing Lu , Lan Zhou , Le-man Kuang , Franco Nori

The coupling of atomic arrays and one-dimensional subwavelength waveguides gives rise to in- teresting photon transport properties, such as recent experimental demonstrations of large Bragg reflection and paves the way for a variety of…

We develop a new computational tool and framework for characterizing the scattering of photons by energy-nonconserving Hamiltonians into unidirectional (chiral) waveguides, for example, with coherent pulsed excitation. The temporal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-30 Kevin A. Fischer , Rahul Trivedi , Vinay Ramasesh , Irfan Siddiqi , Jelena Vučković

We demonstrate the control of entanglement of a single photon between several spatial modes propagating through a strongly scattering medium. Measurement of the scattering matrix allows the wavefront of the photon to be shaped to compensate…

In a preceding paper we introduced a formalism to study the scattering of low intensity fields from a system of multi-level emitters embedded in a $3$D dielectric medium. Here we show how this photon-scattering relation can be used to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-25 Sumanta Das , Vincent E. Elfving , Florentin Reiter , Anders S. Sørensen

We study the single-photon scattering in a one-dimensional (1D) waveguide coupled to one transition of a $V$-type giant atom (GA), whose other transition is coherently driven by an classical field. The inelastic scattering of single photons…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-14 Hongzheng Wu , Ge Sun , Jing Lu , Lan Zhou

We develop a scattering theory to investigate the multi-photon transmission in a one-dimensional waveguide in the presence of quantum emitters. It is based on a path integral formalism, uses displacement transformations, and does not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-25 Tao Shi , Darrick E. Chang , J. Ignacio Cirac

Single atoms coupled to a cavity offer unique opportunities as quantum optomechanical devices because of their small mass and strong interaction with light. A particular regime of interest in optomechanics is that of "single-photon strong…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-01 Javier Argüello-Luengo , Darrick E. Chang

We study the scattering process of photons confined in a one dimensional optical waveguide by a laser controlled atomic ensemble. The investigation leads to an alternative setup of quantum node controlling the coherent transfer of single…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-15 Jing Lu , H. Dong , Le-Man Kuang

Nonlocal interactions between photonic resonator array and giant atoms have attracted extensive attentions. Optimization and control of quantum states via giant atoms have been shown. We here study the dynamical scattering of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-30 Weijun Cheng , Zhihai Wang , Yu-Xi Liu

We theoretically investigate the quantum scattering of a single-photon pulse interacting with an ensemble of $\Lambda$-type three-level atoms coupled to a one-dimensional waveguide. With an effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, we study the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-08 Guo-Zhu Song , Ewan Munro , Wei Nie , Fu-Guo Deng , Guo-Jian Yang , Leong-Chuan Kwek

We give an exposure to diagrammatic techniques in waveguide QED systems. A particular emphasis is placed on the systems with delayed coherent quantum feedback. Specifically, we show that the $N$-photon scattering matrices in single-qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 Kiryl Piasotski , Mikhail Pletyukhov

We study the transverse-size effect of a quasi-one-dimensional rectangular waveguide on the single-photon scattering on a two-level system. We calculate the transmission and reflection coefficients for single incident photons using the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-09 Jin-Feng Huang , Tao Shi , C. P. Sun , Franco Nori

Photonic state engineering in waveguide QED is typically based on local light-matter interactions. This limits its control over the spatial structure of bound photonic states. Here, we demonstrate a distinct mechanism arising from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Mingzhu Weng , Gang Wang , Zhihai Wang

We explore theoretically the single-photon transport in a single-mode waveguide that is coupled to a hybrid atom-optomechanical system in a strong optomechanical coupling regime. Using a full quantum real-space approach, transmission and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-16 W. Z. Jia , Z. D. Wang

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

Precise control of a single photon transport in broadband, multi-mode waveguides is a fundamental challenge for scalable quantum networks. We propose a theoretical scheme for on-demand control of single-photon scattering using a driven…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-19 Yan Liu , Qing-Ao Xiang , Xin-Yuan Yang , Ji-Bing Yuan , Shi-Qing Tang , Xin-Wen Wang , Ya-Ju Song

A single atom in a cavity is the model system of cavity quantum electrodynamics (CQED). The strong coupling regime between the atom and cavity-confined photon corresponds to the reversible exchange of energy between the two modes, and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Sanvitto , F. P. Laussy , F. Bello , D. M. Whittaker , A. M. Fox , M. S. Skolnick , A. Tahraoui , P. W. Fry , M. Hopkinson

We explore special features of quantum light-matter interactions inside structured waveguides due to their finite bandwidth, band edges, and non-trivial topological properties. We model the waveguides as either a tight-binding (TB) chain or…

Optics · Physics 2023-12-07 Rupak Bag , Dibyendu Roy