中国物理B ›› 2016, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (6): 64203-064203.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/25/6/064203

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Single-photon scattering by two separated atoms in a supercavity

Wei Zhu(朱伟), Xiao Xiao(肖骁), Duan-Lu Zhou(周端陆), Peng Zhang(张芃)   

  1. 1 Institute of Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    2 Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;
    3 Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices (Renmin University of China), Beijing 100872, China
  • 收稿日期:2015-09-15 修回日期:2016-01-19 出版日期:2016-06-05 发布日期:2016-06-05
  • 通讯作者: Xiao Xiao E-mail:pengzhang@ruc.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11222430, 11434011, 11475254, and 11175247) and the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2012CB922104 and 2014CB921202).

Single-photon scattering by two separated atoms in a supercavity

Wei Zhu(朱伟)1, Xiao Xiao(肖骁)2, Duan-Lu Zhou(周端陆)1, Peng Zhang(张芃)2,3   

  1. 1 Institute of Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    2 Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;
    3 Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices (Renmin University of China), Beijing 100872, China
  • Received:2015-09-15 Revised:2016-01-19 Online:2016-06-05 Published:2016-06-05
  • Contact: Xiao Xiao E-mail:pengzhang@ruc.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11222430, 11434011, 11475254, and 11175247) and the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2012CB922104 and 2014CB921202).

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摘要：

We study the single-photon scattering along a one-dimensional cavity array with two distant two-level atoms in a supercavity, which aims to simulate a recent x-ray experiment [Nature 482, 199 (2012)]. Without introducing dissipation, we find that when one atom is exactly located at a node of a mode of the supercavity and the other is at the antinode of that mode, no splitting of the reflectivity peak can appear. Nevertheless, the atom at the node significantly changes the positions of the reflectivity valleys. On the other hand, when the atom is shifted a little from the exact node, then the splitting can appear. We also explain these results with an analysis based on the general formal scattering theory. Our result implies the importance of non-resonant modes of the supercavity in our problem.

关键词: cavity array, single-photon scattering, x-ray quantum optics

Abstract:

We study the single-photon scattering along a one-dimensional cavity array with two distant two-level atoms in a supercavity, which aims to simulate a recent x-ray experiment [Nature 482, 199 (2012)]. Without introducing dissipation, we find that when one atom is exactly located at a node of a mode of the supercavity and the other is at the antinode of that mode, no splitting of the reflectivity peak can appear. Nevertheless, the atom at the node significantly changes the positions of the reflectivity valleys. On the other hand, when the atom is shifted a little from the exact node, then the splitting can appear. We also explain these results with an analysis based on the general formal scattering theory. Our result implies the importance of non-resonant modes of the supercavity in our problem.

Key words: cavity array, single-photon scattering, x-ray quantum optics

中图分类号:  (Cavity quantum electrodynamics; micromasers)

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