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In classical mechanics and electromagnetism, interference occurs when two or more waves overlap at the same point in spacetime. However, the advent of quantum electrodynamics (QED) and its remarkable success in describing light-matter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Alan C. Santos , Celso J. Villas-Boas

Interplay between the effects of coherent radiation and localization of light is analysed. A system of two-level atoms is placed in a medium interacting with electromagnetic field. The matter-light interaction can result in the appearance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. I. Yukalov

We have shown that quantum interference in a driven quasi-degenerate two-level atomic system can be controlled by an externally applied magnetic field. We demonstrate that the mechanism of optical control is based on quantum interference,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-24 Yu. M. Golubev , T. Yu. Golubeva , Yu. V. Rostovtsev , M. O. Scully

In this paper, we report a numerical method for analyzing optical radiation from a two-level atom. The proposed method can consistently consider the optical emission and absorption process of an atom, and also the interaction between atoms…

Optics · Physics 2019-05-29 Hideaki Taniyama , Hisashi Sumikura , Masaya Notomi

We report on the effects of quantum interference induced by transmission of an arbitrary number of optical quantum states through a multiple scattering medium. We identify the role of quantum interference on the photon correlations and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-08-31 J. R. Ott , N. A. Mortensen , P. Lodahl

Quantum information measures are used to study the quantum phase diagrams of the two-level Dicke model including the atomic dipole-dipole interaction, for a finite number of particles, with and without the rotating-wave approximation, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 S. Cordero , E. Nahmad-Achar , O. Castaños , R. López-Peña

The photonic environment can significantly influence emission properties and interactions among atomic systems. In such scenarios, frequently the electric dipole approximation is assumed that is justified as long as the spatial extent of…

We consider a pair of three-level atoms interacting with the vacuum. The process of disentanglement due to spontaneous emission and the role of quantum interference between principal transitions in this process, are analysed. We show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Derkacz , L. Jakobczyk

Quantum interference is a natural consequence of wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics, and is widely observed at the atomic scale. One interesting manifestation of quantum interference is coherent population trapping (CPT), first…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-30 Yuan Zhou , Ke Wang , He Liu , Gang Cao , Guang-Can Guo , Xuedong Hu , Hai-Ou Li , Guo-Ping Guo

We propose a scheme aimed at achieving spatio-spectral control over spontaneous emission within a four-level atom-light coupling system interacting with optical vortices carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM). The atom comprises a ground…

The relations between quantum coherence and quantum interference are discussed. A general method for generation of quantum coherence through interference-induced state selection is introduced and then applied to `simple' atomic systems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jean Claude Garreau

We study theoretically the optical response of a double quantum dot structure to an ultrafast optical excitation. We show that the interplay of a specific type of coupling between the dots and their collective interaction with the radiative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-04 Anna Sitek , Pawel Machnikowski

We predict the possibility of sharp, high-contrast resonances in the optical response of a broad class of systems, wherein interference effects are generated by coherent perturbation or interaction of dark states. The properties of these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. D. Lukin , S. F. Yelin , M. Fleischhauer , M. O. Scully

Our work is based on the collision-induced coherence of two decay channels along two optical transitions.The quantum interference of pumping processes creates the dark state and the more atoms are pumped in this collision-induced dark state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 Dong Sun , Victor V. Kozlov , Lan Yuan , Yuri V. Rostovtsev

The effect of quantum interference on the optical properties of a pumped-probe three-level V-type atomic system is investigated. The probe absorption, dispersion, group index and optical bistability beyond the two-photon resonance condition…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. M. Mousavi , L. Safari , M. Mahmoudi , M. Sahrai

We analyze a double $\Lambda $ atomic configuration interacting with two signal beams and two control beams. Because of the quantum interference between the two $\Lambda $ channels, the four fields are phase-matched in electromagnetically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Zhuan Li , De-Zhong Cao , Kaige Wang

As a unique feature, the $^{229}$Th nucleus has an isomeric transition in the vacuum ultraviolet that can be accessed by optical lasers. The interference effects occurring in the interaction between coherent optical light and an ensemble of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-09-19 Sumanta Das , Adriana Pálffy , Christoph H. Keitel

A measurement scheme of atomic qubits pinned at given positions is studied by analyzing the interference pattern obtained when they emit photons spontaneously. In the case of two qubits, a well-known relation is revisited, in which the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jun Suzuki , Christian Miniatura , Kae Nemoto

An experimental method for obtaining quantum interference signal in atomic ensemble using a bi-chromatic field is discussed. Here, the quantum interference signal is obtained by scanning the magnetic field rather than conventional method of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-07 Niladri Ghorui , Sudip Mandal , Swarupananda Pradhan

In present work we study informational measures for the problem of interference of quantum particles. We demonstrate that diffraction picture in the far field, which is given by probability density of particle momentum distribution,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-31 Yu. I. Bogdanov , A. Yu. Bogdanov , S. A. Nuyanzin , A. K. Gavrichenko