Fundamental quantum optics in structured reservoirs

2000/03/10 by P Lambropoulos, P. Lambropoulos, Georgios M Nikolopoulos +4 · 347 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Cavity quantum electrodynamics #Electromagnetic spectrum #Formalism (music) #Open quantum system #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Photonic and Optical Devices #Photonics #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Sketch #Theoretical physics

paper · doi:10.1088/0034-4885/63/4/201

published in Reports on Progress in Physics 63(4), 455-503 (IOP Publishing)

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Abstract

We review basic quantum electrodynamics and quantum optics aspects in microstructures that exhibit a gap in the spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation they support, known as photonic crystals. After a brief sketch of the properties of such materials we discuss the behaviour of few-level atoms or collections thereof with transition frequencies inside and in the vicinity of the gap. The discussion is cast in terms of a unified formalism which facilitates the comparison with standard cavity-atom physics.

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