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arXiv:2503.16624 · Physical Review A

Emission photon statistics in collectively interacting dipole atom arrays in the low-intensity limit

Deepak A. Suresh, F. Robicheaux

Published Feb 25, 2026• 1 citation
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Abstract

We investigate the photon statistics of light emitted from a system of collectively interacting dipoles in the low-intensity regime, incorporating double-excitation states to capture beyond-single-excitation effects. By analyzing the eigenstates of the double-excitation manifold, we establish their connection to the accessible single-excitation eigenmodes and investigate the role of decay rates in shaping the zero-time-delay photon correlation function $g^{(2)}(τ= 0)$ under different detection schemes. The photon emission statistics can be arbitrarily controlled by interfering two beams of light that selectively address orthogonal eigenmodes. This can act as a tunable nonlinearity that enables both enhancement or suppression of two-photon emission.

DOI
10.1103/3l9m-7dfn

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