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Non-Markovian collective emission from macroscopically separated emitters

Quantum Physics 2020-02-04 v2

Abstract

We study the collective radiative decay of a system of two two-level emitters coupled to a one-dimensional waveguide in a regime where their separation is comparable to the coherence length of a spontaneously emitted photon. The electromagnetic field propagating in the cavity-like geometry formed by the emitters exerts a retarded backaction on the system leading to strongly non-Markovian dynamics. The collective spontaneous emission rate of the emitters exhibits an enhancement or inhibition beyond the usual Dicke super- and sub-radiance due to a self-consistent coherent time-delayed feedback.

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@article{arxiv.1907.12017,
  title  = {Non-Markovian collective emission from macroscopically separated emitters},
  author = {Kanupriya Sinha and Pierre Meystre and Elizabeth A. Goldschmidt and Fredrik K. Fatemi and Steven L. Rolston and Pablo Solano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.12017},
  year   = {2020}
}
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