Frequency-controllable single-photon routing in a giant atom waveguide QED system
Xuejian Sun · Optics Express · 2025
We propose a frequency-controllable single-photon router in a giant atom waveguide QED system, in which two linear waveguides are mediately by two coupled giant atoms. Since each giant atom has two coupling points, a pair of giant atoms can be arranged as three different topologies: separated, braided, and nested. The exact analytical expressions of the four scattering amplitudes for the three different topologies are obtained with the real-space approach. We find that the deterministic routing scheme is strongly relevant to the energy and the decay rates of the collective states of the two coupled giant atoms. In particular, only if the two scattering states degenerate in energy and decay rates, the frequency-tunable router with 100% efficiency can be achieved in the three different topologies. Moreover, our numerical results show that the single-photon routing scheme in the current model is more tunable and robust than that in the normal atom waveguide QED system. The physics behind the complete routing scheme is also illuminated. Our results pave the way for the study of controllable single-photon router devices involving giant atoms.