Nonreciprocal total cross section of quantum metasurfaces

Abstract: Nonreciprocity originating from classical interactions among nonlinear scatterers has been attracting increasing attention in the quantum community, offering a promising tool to control excitation transfer for quantum information processing and quantum computing. In this work, we explore the possibility of realizing largely nonreciprocal total cross sections for a pair of quantum metasurfaces formed by two parallel periodic arrays of two-level atoms. We show that large nonreciprocal responses can be obtained in such nonlinear systems by controlling the position of the atoms and their transition frequencies, without requiring that the environment in which the atoms are placed is nonreciprocal. We demonstrate the connection of this effect with the asymmetric population of a slowly decaying dark state, which is critical to obtain large nonreciprocal responses.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Nonreciprocal total cross section of quantum metasurfaces ; volume:12 ; number:3 ; year:2023 ; pages:589-606 ; extent:18
Nanophotonics ; 12, Heft 3 (2023), 589-606 (gesamt 18)

Creator
Nefedkin, Nikita
Cotrufo, Michele
Alù, Andrea

DOI
10.1515/nanoph-2022-0596
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023022113051313689770
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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