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Correlated Photon Dynamics in Dissipative Rydberg Media
Emil Zeuthen1,2, Michael J Gullans3, Mohammad F Maghrebi3,4
1Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Physical Review Letters
|January 18, 2018
Summary
We developed a new model for analyzing photon interactions in Rydberg-EIT media, capturing light's dual particle-wave nature. This model accurately describes photon behavior in strongly interacting, dissipative atomic systems.
Area of Science:
- Quantum optics
- Atomic physics
- Many-body physics
Background:
- Rydberg blockade in electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) creates strong photon-photon interactions.
- Analyzing these dissipative interactions in optically dense media is a complex many-body problem.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce a novel analytical approach for the many-body problem of Rydberg blockade in dissipative EIT media.
- To model the dual particle-wave nature of light in these systems.
Main Methods:
- Separating single-polariton EIT physics from Rydberg-Rydberg interactions.
- Employing a hard-sphere model for Rydberg-Rydberg interactions.
- Analyzing transmission saturation and photon generation dynamics.
Main Results:
- The model successfully captures the many-body dynamics of coherent light pulses in strongly interacting media.
- Good agreement was found between model predictions and experimental data.
- The study analyzes a scheme for generating single photons and its scaling behavior.
Conclusions:
- The new approach provides an effective framework for understanding dissipative Rydberg-EIT systems.
- The model is applicable to current experimental regimes and photon generation schemes.
- This work advances the study of light-matter interactions in quantum media.
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