Exotic photonic molecules via Lennard-Jones-like potentials

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Exotic photonic molecules via Lennard-Jones-like potentials
المؤلفون: Bienias, Przemyslaw, Gullans, Michael J., Kalinowski, Marcin, Craddock, Alexander N., Ornelas-Huerta, Dalia P., Rolston, Steven L., Porto, J. V., Gorshkov, Alexey V.
المصدر: Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 093601 (2020)
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
Physics (Other)
Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases, Physics - Optics, Quantum Physics
الوصف: Ultracold systems offer an unprecedented level of control of interactions between atoms. An important challenge is to achieve a similar level of control of the interactions between photons. Towards this goal, we propose a realization of a novel Lennard-Jones-like potential between photons coupled to the Rydberg states via electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). This potential is achieved by tuning Rydberg states to a F{\"o}rster resonance with other Rydberg states. We consider few-body problems in 1D and 2D geometries and show the existence of self-bound clusters ("molecules") of photons. We demonstrate that for a few-body problem, the multi-body interactions have a significant impact on the geometry of the molecular ground state. This leads to phenomena without counterparts in conventional systems: For example, three photons in 2D preferentially arrange themselves in a line-configuration rather than in an equilateral-triangle configuration. Our result opens a new avenue for studies of many-body phenomena with strongly interacting photons.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.093601
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.07864
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2003.07864
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.093601