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We study the superradiant decay of a chain of atoms coupled to a chiral waveguide, focusing on the regime of non-negligible photon propagation time. Using an exact master equation description which accounts for delay effects, we obtain…

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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…

Quadratic light-matter interactions are nonlinear couplings such that quantum emitters interact with photonic or phononic modes exclusively via the exchange of excitation pairs. Implementable with atomic and solid-state systems, these…

Collective light emission and multi-qubit dynamics of solid-state quantum emitters are affected both by their coupling to the light field and to lattice vibrations. The effect of phonons on quantum emitters is twofold: polaron formation is…

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When multiple quantum emitters couple to a common electromagnetic environment, interference in their collective radiative dynamics gives rise to superradiance and subradiance. In regimes where coherent interactions and collective…

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We explore the collective Zeno dynamics of giant artificial atoms that are coupled, via multiple coupling points, to a common photonic or acoustic reservoir. In this regime, the establishment of atomic cooperativity and the revivification…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-12 Qing-Yang Qiu , Xin-You Lü

We analyze the dynamics of quantum beats in a system of two V-type three-level atoms coupled to a waveguide. We show that quantum beats can be collectively enhanced or suppressed, akin to Dicke super- and sub-radiance, depending on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Ahreum Lee , Hyok Sang Han , Fredrik K. Fatemi , S. L. Rolston , Kanu Sinha

Waveguide quantum electrodynamics (wQED) has become a central platform for studying collective light-matter interactions in low-dimensional photonic environments. While conventional wQED systems rely on uniform chirality or reciprocal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 I Gusti Ngurah Yudi Handayana , Ya-Tang Yu , Wei-Hsuan Chung , H. H. Jen

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

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

Waveguides allow for direct coupling of emitters separated by large distances, offering a path to connect remote quantum systems. However, when facing the distances needed for practical applications, retardation effects due to the finite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-04 Kanu Sinha , Alejandro González-Tudela , Yong Lu , Pablo Solano

Cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED) with quantum emitters coupled to resonators provides a powerful platform for engineering light-matter interactions and exploring collective phenomena. In particular, superradiance, arising from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Tian Xie , Rikuto Fukumori , Wai-Keong Mok , Jiahui Li , Joonhee Choi , Andrei Faraon

Many-particle quantum systems often give rise to exotic behaviors in their nonequilibrium dynamics that are rather challenging to reveal with analytical methods or with classical computation. Here, we consider the case of a system of many…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Vincent Iglesias-Cardinale , Shreekanth S. Yuvarajan , Herbert F. Fotso

Photon emission is the hallmark of light-matter interaction and the foundation of photonic quantum science, enabling advanced sources for quantum communication and computing. Although single-emitter radiation can be tailored by the photonic…

We study the dynamics of photonic quantum circuits consisting of nodes coupled by quantum channels. We are interested in the regime where time delay in communication between the nodes is significant. This includes the problem of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-07 Hannes Pichler , Peter Zoller

We show that in a minimal setup of two waveguide-coupled quantum emitters, separated by long distances and subject to an external field, time-delayed feedback can be a resource for sensing field gradients. While the field gradient induces a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Prajit Dhara , Isack Padilla , Saikat Guha , Annyun Das , Kanu Sinha

Waveguide quantum electrodynamics (wQED) with underlying collective and long-range atom-atom interactions has led to many distinct dynamical phenomena, including modified collective radiations and intriguing quantum correlations. It stands…

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We propose a novel quantum electrodynamics (QED) platform where quantum emitters interact with a Hofstadter-ladder waveguide. We demonstrate several intriguing phenomena stemming from the exotic dispersion relation and vacuum mode…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-06 Xin Wang , Zhao-Min Gao , Jia-Qi Li , Huai-Bing Zhu , Hong-Rong Li

Superradiance, the enhanced collective emission of light from a coherent ensemble of quantum systems, has been typically studied in atomic ensembles. In this work we study the enhanced emission of energy from coherent ensembles of harmonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-27 Michael Delanty , Stojan Rebic , Jason Twamley

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