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  • Quantum Physics
  • Quantum Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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  • Photon-atom interactions are fundamental in quantum physics, exhibiting nonlinearity dependent on photon number.
  • This nonlinearity can lead to photon bound states, crucial for processes like stimulated emission.
  • Previous observations in Rydberg gases lacked direct evidence of photon-number-dependent dispersion and velocity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To directly observe photon bound states in an artificial atom system.
  • To investigate the photon-number-dependent time delay in light-matter interactions.
  • To provide experimental evidence for stimulated emission through photon scattering.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a semiconductor quantum dot coupled to an optical cavity as an artificial atom.
  • Scattered weak coherent light pulses off the cavity-quantum electrodynamics system.
  • Measured time-dependent output power and photon correlation functions.

Main Results:

  • Directly observed a photon-number-dependent time delay in scattering.
  • Single photons, two-photon, and three-photon bound states exhibited progressively shorter time delays.
  • The reduced time delay for higher photon numbers is a signature of stimulated emission.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides the first direct observation of photon-number-dependent time delays in photon scattering.
  • This confirms the existence and behavior of photon bound states in a quantum dot system.
  • The findings validate the role of stimulated emission in these strongly correlated quantum phenomena.