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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 263604 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue number | 26 |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Dec 2020 |
Abstract
We study the propagation of strongly interacting Rydberg polaritons through an atomic medium in a one-dimensional optical lattice. We derive an effective single-band Hubbard model to describe the dynamics of the dark-state polaritons under realistic assumptions. Within this model, we analyze the driven-dissipative transport of polaritons through the system by considering a coherent drive on one side and by including the spontaneous emission of the metastable Rydberg state. Using a variational approach to solve the many-body problem, we find strong antibunching of the outgoing photons despite the losses from the Rydberg state decay.
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In: Physical review letters, Vol. 125, No. 26, 263604, 30.12.2020.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum Many-Body Dynamics of Driven-Dissipative Rydberg Polaritons
AU - Pistorius, Tim
AU - Kazemi, Javad
AU - Weimer, Hendrik
N1 - Funding Information: We thank H. P. Büchler for fruitful discussions. This work was funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) within SFB 1227 (DQ-mat, Project No. A04), SPP 1929 (GiRyd), and under Germany’s Excellence Strategy—EXC-2123 QuantumFrontiers—390837967.
PY - 2020/12/30
Y1 - 2020/12/30
N2 - We study the propagation of strongly interacting Rydberg polaritons through an atomic medium in a one-dimensional optical lattice. We derive an effective single-band Hubbard model to describe the dynamics of the dark-state polaritons under realistic assumptions. Within this model, we analyze the driven-dissipative transport of polaritons through the system by considering a coherent drive on one side and by including the spontaneous emission of the metastable Rydberg state. Using a variational approach to solve the many-body problem, we find strong antibunching of the outgoing photons despite the losses from the Rydberg state decay.
AB - We study the propagation of strongly interacting Rydberg polaritons through an atomic medium in a one-dimensional optical lattice. We derive an effective single-band Hubbard model to describe the dynamics of the dark-state polaritons under realistic assumptions. Within this model, we analyze the driven-dissipative transport of polaritons through the system by considering a coherent drive on one side and by including the spontaneous emission of the metastable Rydberg state. Using a variational approach to solve the many-body problem, we find strong antibunching of the outgoing photons despite the losses from the Rydberg state decay.
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U2 - 10.48550/arXiv.2003.10463
DO - 10.48550/arXiv.2003.10463
M3 - Article
C2 - 33449759
AN - SCOPUS:85099142338
VL - 125
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 26
M1 - 263604
ER -