Dynamics of photon transport through quantum impurities in dispersion-engineered one-dimensional systems
Paolo Longo, Peter Schmitteckert, Kurt Busch · Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics · 2009
We provide a theoretical and computational framework for fully quantum mechanical studies of few-photon transport phenomena in arbitrary waveguiding structures in the presence of coherent interaction with optically active emitters. The reduced dimensionality of such systems leads to pronounced quantum interference effects that may be exploited for a number of applications and we apply our framework to the case of single-photon transport through a two-level atom. In this system, the atom's emission dynamics leads to strong interference effects that can be used for the realization of nanomirrors.