Superradiance for Atoms Trapped along a Photonic Crystal Waveguide

A. Goban; C. L. Hung; J. D. Hood; S. P. Yu; J. A. Muniz; O. Painter; H. J. Kimble

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.063601

Superradiance for Atoms Trapped along a Photonic Crystal Waveguide

A. Goban, C. L. Hung, J. D. Hood, S. P. Yu, J. A. Muniz, O. Painter, H. J. Kimble

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We report observations of superradiance for atoms trapped in the near field of a photonic crystal waveguide (PCW). By fabricating the PCW with a band edge near the D1 transition of atomic cesium, strong interaction is achieved between trapped atoms and guided-mode photons. Following short-pulse excitation, we record the decay of guided-mode emission and find a superradiant emission rate scaling as Γ¯SR-N¯Γ1D for average atom number 0.19N¯ 2.6 atoms, where Γ1D/Γ′=1.0±0.1 is the peak single-atom radiative decay rate into the PCW guided mode, and Γ′ is the radiative decay rate into all the other channels. These advances provide new tools for investigations of photon-mediated atom-atom interactions in the many-body regime.

Original language	English
Article number	063601
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	115
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.063601
Publication status	Published - 2015 Aug 5
Externally published	Yes

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