Modified dipole-dipole interactions in the presence of a nanophotonic waveguide
1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
2School of Physics and Astronomy and Centre for the Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of Quantum Non-Equilibrium Systems, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
Published: | 2023-08-22, volume 7, page 1091 |
Eprint: | arXiv:2211.13595v4 |
Doi: | https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2023-08-22-1091 |
Citation: | Quantum 7, 1091 (2023). |
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Abstract
When an emitter ensemble interacts with the electromagnetic field, dipole-dipole interactions are induced between the emitters. The magnitude and shape of these interactions are fully determined by the specific form of the electromagnetic field modes. If the emitters are placed in the vicinity of a nanophotonic waveguide, such as a cylindrical nanofiber, the complex functional form of these modes makes the analytical evaluation of the dipole-dipole interaction cumbersome and numerically costly. In this work, we provide a full detailed description of how to successfully calculate these interactions, outlining a method that can be easily extended to other environments and boundary conditions. Such exact evaluation is of importance as, due to the collective character of the interactions and dissipation in this kind of systems, any small modification of the interactions may lead to dramatic changes in experimental observables, particularly as the number of emitters increases. We illustrate this by calculating the transmission signal of the light guided by a cylindrical nanofiber in the presence of a nearby chain of emitters.
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Featured image: A chain of emitters coupled to a waveguide driven with fiber-guided light with Rabi frequency $\Omega$ and detuning $\Delta$. The emitters interact collectively through radiation modes with strength $V^{rd}$ and guided modes with strength $V^{gd}$. Our calculated transmission signal $T$ is compared with the solution using vacuum modes $T^0$ for $N=20$ emitters.
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