Non-Markovianity induced by a single-photon packet in a one-dimensional waveguide
arXiv:1505.05542 · doi:10.1364/OL.41.003126
Abstract
The concept of non-Markovianity (NM) in quantum dynamics is still an open debate. Understanding how to generate and measure NM in specific models may aid in this quest. In quantum optics, an engineered electromagnetic environment coupled to a single atom can induce NM. The most common scenario of structured electromagnetic environment is an optical cavity, composed by a pair of mirrors. Here, we show how to generate and measure NM on a two-level system coupled to a one-dimensional waveguide with no mirrors required. The origin of the non-Markovian behavior lies in the initial state of the field, prepared as a single-photon packet. We analyze how NM depends on two experimentally controllable parameters, namely, the linewidth of the packet and its central frequency. We relate the presence of NM to a -phase shift between incoming and emitted fields. We also show how the two output channels of the waveguide provide distinct signatures of NM, both experimentally accessible.
8 pages, 3 figures
References in corpus (18)
- Photonic quantum technologies
- Assessing non-Markovian dynamics
- Superradiance for atoms trapped along a photonic crystal waveguide
- Experimental realization of highly-efficient broadband coupling of single quantum dots to a photonic crystal waveguide
- Foundations and Measures of Quantum Non-Markovianity
- Giant Optical Non-linearity induced by a Single Two-Level System interacting with a Cavity in the Purcell Regime
- Cavity-based architecture to preserve quantum coherence and entanglement
- Observation of non-Markovian dynamics of a single quantum dot in a micropillar cavity
- Experimental observation of weak non-Markovianity
- Exciton-phonon information flow in the energy transfer process of photosynthetic complexes
- A chiral route to spontaneous entanglement generation
- Harnessing non-Markovian quantum memory by environmental coupling
- Dissipative dynamics of a solid-state qubit coupled to surface plasmons: from non-Markov to Markov regimes
- Temporal Quantum-State Tomography of Narrowband Biphotons
- How general are time-local master equations?
- Universal optimal broadband photon cloning and entanglement creation in one dimensional atoms
- Controlling tripartite entanglement among optical cavities by reservoir engineering
- Control of non-Markovian effects in the dynamics of polaritons in semiconductor microcavities
Cited by in corpus (14)
- Non-Markovian Dynamics of a Qubit Due to Single-Photon Scattering in a Waveguide
- Exact Markovian and non-Markovian time dynamics in waveguide QED: collective interactions, bound states in continuum, superradiance and subradiance
- Optomechanical quadrature squeezing in the non-Markovian regime
- Relationship between costs for quantum error mitigation and non-Markovian measures
- Bound state and non-Markovian dynamics of a quantum emitter around a surface plasmonic nanostructure
- Quantum dissipative adaptation
- Diagrammatic approach for analytical non-Markovian time-evolution: Fermi's two atom problem and causality in waveguide quantum electrodynamics
- Quantum work by a single photon
- The most elementary heat to work conversion: work extraction from a completely passive state by a single photon
- Closed-System Solution of the 1D Atom from Collision Model
- Self-replication of a quantum artificial organism driven by single-photon pulses
- Exact solution of a lambda quantum system driven by a two-photon wavepacket
- Dynamic Stark shift induced by a single photon packet
- Quantum coherent and measurement feedback control based on atoms coupled with a semi-infinite waveguide