2016/06/30 by A. Asenjo-Garcia, J. D. Hood, D. E. Chang +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #quant-ph #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.95.033818
published as Phys. Rev. A 95, 033818 (2017) · Added a section on electromagnetically induced transparency, corrected minor typos from previous version
arxiv created 2017/03/07 · arxiv updated 2017/03/22
Based on a formalism that describes atom-light interactions in terms of the classical electromagnetic Green's function, we study the optical response of atoms and other quantum emitters coupled to one-dimensional photonic structures, such as cavities, waveguides, and photonic crystals. We demonstrate a clear mapping between the transmission spectra and the local Green's function that allows to identify signatures of dispersive and dissipative interactions between atoms. We also demonstrate the applicability of our analysis to problems involving three-level atoms, such as electromagnetically induced transparency. Finally we examine recent experiments, and anticipate future observations of atom-atom interactions in photonic bandgaps.