Inverse design of environment-induced coherence

Abstract

Atomic transitions with orthogonal dipole moments can be made to interfere with each other by the use of an anisotropic environment. Here we describe, provide and apply a computational toolbox capable of algorithmically designing three-dimensional photonic environments that enhance the degree of coherence in atomic $\hat{I}›$ systems. Example optimisation runs yield approximately double the degree of coherence found using simple planar geometries.

Source code available at http://dx.doi.org/10.5525/gla.researchdata.1024