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arXiv:2303.13564 · Physical Review A

Dispersionless subradiant photon storage in one-dimensional emitter chains

Marcel Cech, Igor Lesanovsky, Beatriz Olmos

Published Nov 21, 2023• 12 citations
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Abstract

Exploiting the collective coupling of emitters to the radiation field, the authors present two pathways for the long-time (subradiant) storage of a single photon in a one-dimensional geometry. They provide evidence of dispersionless photon storage for hundreds of times longer than the single emitter lifetime and discuss its preparation and release.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.108.l051702

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