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Superradiance for atoms trapped along a photonic crystal waveguide

arXiv:1503.04503 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.063601

Abstract

We report observations of superradiance for atoms trapped in the near field of a photonic crystal waveguide (PCW). By fabricating the PCW with a band edge near the D transition of atomic cesium, strong interaction is achieved between trapped atoms and guided-mode photons. Following short-pulse excitation, we record the decay of guided-mode emission and find a superradiant emission rate scaling as for average atom number atoms, where is the peak single-atom radiative decay rate into the PCW guided mode and is the Einstein- coefficient for free space. These advances provide new tools for investigations of photon-mediated atom-atom interactions in the many-body regime.

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