Efficient excitation of a two-level atom by a single photon in a propagating mode

Y Wang, J Minář, L Sheridan, V Scarani - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2011 - APS
State mapping between atoms and photons, and photon-photon interactions play an
important role in scalable quantum information processing. We consider the interaction of a …

Plasma ignition via high-power virtual perfect absorption

T Delage, J Sokoloff, O Pascal, V Mazières… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plasma ignition is critical in various scientific and industrial applications, demanding an
efficient and robust execution mechanism. In this work, we present an innovative approach …

Catching time-reversed microwave coherent state photons with 99.4% absorption efficiency

J Wenner, Y Yin, Y Chen, R Barends, B Chiaro… - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
We demonstrate a high-efficiency deterministic quantum receiver to convert flying qubits to
stationary qubits. We employ a superconducting resonator, which is driven with a shaped …

Perfect matching of reactive loads through complex frequencies: From circuital analysis to experiments

AV Marini, D Ramaccia, A Toscano… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The experimental evidence of purely reactive loads impedance matching is here provided
by exploiting the special scattering response under complex excitations. The study starts …

Excitation of a single atom with exponentially rising light pulses

SA Aljunid, G Maslennikov, Y Wang, HL Dao… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
We investigate the interaction between a single atom and optical pulses in a coherent state
with a controlled temporal envelope. In a comparison between a rising exponential and a …

Efficiently loading a single photon into a single-sided fabry-perot cavity

C Liu, Y Sun, L Zhao, S Zhang, MMT Loy, S Du - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
We demonstrate that a single photon with an optimal temporal waveform can be efficiently
loaded into a cavity. Using heralded narrow-band single photons with exponential growth …

Excitation of absorbing exceptional points in the time domain

A Farhi, A Mekawy, A Alù, D Stone - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
We analyze the time-domain dynamics of resonators supporting exceptional points (EPs), at
which both the eigenfrequencies and the eigenmodes associated with perfect capture of an …

Coherent single-photon absorption by single emitters coupled to one-dimensional nanophotonic waveguides

Y Chen, M Wubs, J Mørk… - New Journal of Physics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the dynamics of single-photon absorption by a single emitter coupled to a one-
dimensional waveguide that simultaneously provides channels for spontaneous emission …

[HTML][HTML] Time-resolved scattering of a single photon by a single atom

V Leong, MA Seidler, M Steiner, A Cere… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Scattering of light by matter has been studied extensively in the past. Yet, the most
fundamental process, the scattering of a single photon by a single atom, is largely …

Efficient coupling to an optical resonator by exploiting time-reversal symmetry

M Bader, S Heugel, AL Chekhov… - New Journal of …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The interaction of a cavity with an external field is symmetric under time reversal. Thus,
coupling to a resonator is most efficient when the incident light is the time reversed version …