Optoelectronic control of atomic bistability with graphene
arXiv:2207.12134 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.253602
Abstract
We explore the emergence and active control of optical bistability in a two-level atom near a graphene sheet. Our theory incorporates self-interaction of the optically-driven atom and its coupling to electromagnetic vacuum modes, both of which are sensitive to the electrically-tunable interband transition threshold in graphene. We show that electro-optical bistability and hysteresis can manifest in the intensity, spectrum, and quantum statistics of the light emitted by the atom, which undergoes critical slow-down to steady-state. The optically-driven atom-graphene interaction constitutes a platform for active control of driven atomic systems in quantum coherent control and atomic physics.
16 pages, 7 figures
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