Few-mode Field Quantization of Arbitrary Electromagnetic Spectral Densities

2020/08/01 by Ivan Medina, Francisco J. García-Vidal, Antonio I. Fernández-Domínguez +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #quant-ph #cond-mat.mes-hall #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.126.093601

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 093601 (2021)

arxiv created 2020/08/01 · arxiv updated 2021/03/10

Abstract

We develop a framework that provides a few-mode master equation description of the interaction between a single quantum emitter and an arbitrary electromagnetic environment. The field quantization requires only the fitting of the spectral density, obtained through classical electromagnetic simulations, to a model system involving a small number of lossy and interacting modes. We illustrate the power and validity of our approach by describing the population and electric field dynamics in the spontaneous decay of an emitter placed in a complex hybrid plasmonic-photonic structure.

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