Inverse design of environment-induced coherence
Abstract
Atomic transitions with orthogonal dipole moments can be made to interfere with each other by the use of an anisotropic environment. Here we describe, provide, and apply a computational toolbox capable of algorithmically designing three-dimensional photonic environments that enhance the degree of coherence in atomic Λ systems. Example optimization runs produce spiral-like structures that induce strongly localized polarization conversion of the reflected wave at the atomic position, yielding approximately double the degree of coherence found using simple planar geometries.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- January 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.013706
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2006.03816
- Bibcode:
- 2021PhRvA.103a3706B
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics;
- Physics - Computational Physics
- E-Print:
- Source code available at http://dx.doi.org/10.5525/gla.researchdata.1024