Gauge-independent emission spectra and quantum correlations in the ultrastrong coupling regime of open system cavity-QED
A quantum dipole interacting with an optical cavity is one of the key models in cavity quantum electrodynamics (cavity-QED). To treat this system theoretically, the typical approach is to truncate the dipole to two levels. However, it has been shown that in the ultrastrong-coupling regime, this trun...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Nanophotonics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0718 |
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| Summary: | A quantum dipole interacting with an optical cavity is one of the key models in cavity quantum electrodynamics (cavity-QED). To treat this system theoretically, the typical approach is to truncate the dipole to two levels. However, it has been shown that in the ultrastrong-coupling regime, this truncation naively destroys gauge invariance. By truncating in a manner consistent with the gauge principle, we introduce master equations for open systems to compute gauge-invariant emission spectra, photon flux rates, and quantum correlation functions which show significant disagreement with previous results obtained using the standard quantum Rabi model. Explicit examples are shown using both the dipole gauge and the Coulomb gauge. |
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| ISSN: | 2192-8614 |