arXiv:1009.2828 · Physical Review A

Two-photon transport in a waveguide coupled to a cavity in a two-level system

Tao Shi, Shanhui Fan, C. P. Sun

Published Dec 1, 2011• 164 citations

Abstract

We study two-photon effects for a cavity quantum electrodynamics system where a waveguide is coupled to a cavity embedded in a two-level system. The wave function of two-photon scattering is exactly solved by using the Lehmann-Symanzik-Zimmermann reduction. Our results about quantum statistical properties of the outgoing photons explicitly exhibit the photon blockade effects in the strong-coupling regime. These results agree with the observations of recent experiments.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.84.063803

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