Quantum scattering theory of a single-photon Fock state in three-dimensional spaces
Jingfeng Liu, Ming Zhou, Zongfu Yu
A quantum scattering theory is developed for Fock states scattered by two-level systems in three-dimensional free space. It is built upon the one-dimensional scattering theory developed in waveguide quantum electrodynamics. The theory fully quantizes the incident light as Fock states and uses a non-perturbative method to calculate the scattering matrix.
arXiv:1602.04479•Optics Letters•Sep 2, 2016•13 citations