Statistical Spectral and Dynamical Properties of Two-Level Systems

Mahmoud Abdel‐Aty, M. M. A. Ahmed, F. K. Faramawy +1 more

Ivan V. Panyukov, Vladislav Yu. Shishkov, E. S. Andrianov

Dephasing processes significantly impact the performance of deterministic single-photon sources. Dephasing broadens the spectral line and suppresses the indistinguishability of the emitted photons, which is undesirable for many applications, primarily for quantum computing. We consider a light emitted by a two-level system with a pulsed incoherent pump in the presence of the spectral filter. The spectral filter allows control of the second-order autocorrelation function, indistinguishability, and quantum yield. We show that narrow spectral filters can increase the indistinguishability of the emitted light while undermining the quantum yield. The influence of the spectral filter on the second-order autocorrelation function depends on the duration of the pump. When the pump pulse is long compared to the lifetime of the two-level system, the narrow spectral filters lead to a rapid increase in the second-order autocorrelation function. In this limit, the statistics of the light from the two-level system inherit the statistics of the incoherent pump. In the case of the short duration of the pump pulse, it is possible to preserve single-photon properties to some degree for the sublifetime width of the spectral filter. Moreover, the single-photon properties of the light manifest themselves differently, depending on the response time of the quantum system affected by this light. In particular, in the case of long response time, the spectral filter with a sublifetime width can provide the near-zero second-order autocorrelation function.

Prathamesh Mahesh Shenai, Wu-Jun Shi, Vladimir Chernyak +1 more

Mahmoud Abdel‐Aty, Nour Zidan

Ivan V. Panyukov, Vladislav Yu. Shishkov, E. S. Andrianov

Dephasing processes significantly impact the performance of deterministic single-photon sources. Dephasing broadens the spectral line and suppresses the indistinguishability of the emitted photons, which is undesirable for many applications, primarily for quantum computing. We consider a light emitted by a two-level system with a pulsed incoherent pump in the presence of the spectral filter. The spectral filter allows control of the second-order autocorrelation function, indistinguishability, and quantum yield. We show that narrow spectral filters can increase the indistinguishability of the emitted light while undermining the quantum yield. The influence of the spectral filter on the second-order correlation function depends on the duration of the pump. When the pumping pulse is long compared to the lifetime of the two-level system, the narrow spectral filters lead to a rapid increase in the second-order autocorrelation function. In this limit, the statistics of the light from the two-level system inherit the statistics of the incoherent pump. In the case of the short duration of the pump pulse, it is possible to preserve single-photon properties to some degree for the sub-lifetime width of the spectral filter. Moreover, when the light emitted by the single-photon source is used to control a quantum system, e.g., cavity, the single-photon properties of the light manifest themselves differently, depending on the response time of the quantum system. In particular, in the case of long response time, the spectral filter with sub-lifetime width can provide the near-zero second-order autocorrelation function.

Corinna Kollath, Guillaume Roux, Giulio Biroli +1 more

Motivated by the role that spectral properties play for the dynamical evolution of a quantum many-body system, we investigate the level spacing statistics of the extended Bose–Hubbard model. In particular, we focus on the distribution of the ratio of adjacent level spacings, useful at large interactions, to distinguish between chaotic and non-chaotic regimes. After revisiting the bare Bose–Hubbard model, we study the effect of two different perturbations: next-nearest-neighbor hopping and nearest-neighbor interaction. The system size dependence is investigated together with the effect of the proximity to integrable points or lines. Lastly, we discuss the consequences of a cutoff in the number of onsite bosons on the level statistics.