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中国物理学会期刊

拓扑巨原子-波导耦合系统中单光子散射的调控与反射非互易性

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.75.20260530

Tunable single-photon scattering and reflection nonreciprocity in topological giant atom-waveguide coupled systems

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.75.20260530
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  • 本文研究了由Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH)链构成的拓扑巨原子与一维无限长波导耦合系统中的单光子散射. 采用实空间方法推导了各散射振幅的解析表达式, 并系统分析了SSH链的拓扑性质、累积相位、原子个数等因素对单光子散射行为的影响. 研究发现, 通过调控SSH链的拓扑相, 可实现共振入射光子反射率的连续可调, 该现象与拓扑链边界态的存在有关; 非共振点处的反射峰则与拓扑链的体态结构有关. 累积相位不仅可调节完全反射光子的频率, 还能周期性地调控光子的整体散射行为; SSH链的原子个数对散射特性的影响尤为显著, 随着原子个数的增加, 拓扑体态数目相应增多, 反射峰的数量也随之增加. 进一步考虑无序效应后发现, 共振区域附近由边界态相关通道诱导的宽反射结构对耦合强度无序、原子频率无序和累积相位无序均具有一定鲁棒性, 而非共振区域中体态相关的窄反射峰对无序更为敏感. 值得注意的是, 该系统呈现出显著的反射非互易性, 而透射却始终保持互易性. 在特定累积相位下, 通过协同调控SSH链的拓扑性质与原子耗散率, 能够实现共振入射光子的完美非互易反射, 且该非互易效应受到累积相位的周期性调控. 这些结果为设计可调谐的非互易量子器件提供了新思路, 有望在量子网络中实现定向光子操控.

     

    This paper investigates single-photon scattering and reflection nonreciprocity in a waveguide-QED system composed of a topological giant atom coupled to a one-dimensional infinite waveguide. The giant atom is formed by a finite Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) atomic chain, with only its first and last atoms coupled to the waveguide at two spatially separated points. In this configuration, the topological eigenmodes of the SSH chain and the accumulated propagation phase between the two coupling points jointly provide tunable degrees of freedom for manipulating single-photon transport. Using a real-space approach, we derive analytical expressions for the scattering amplitudes of a single photon incident from either the left or the right side of the waveguide. Based on these results, we systematically analyze the influence of the SSH topological phase, the accumulated phase, the number of atoms, atomic dissipation, and disorder on the scattering spectra.
    The results reveal that the reflection of resonant photons can be continuously tuned by changing the ratio of the intracell to intercell coupling strengths in the SSH chain. In the topologically nontrivial phase, the broad reflection structure around resonance is predominantly associated with an edge-state-related scattering channel, whereas the sharp reflection peaks in the non-resonant region originate from bulk-state modes. Increasing the number of atoms in the SSH chain leads to more bulk-state-related reflection peaks, providing a direct means to engineer the spectral structure. The accumulated phase between the two coupling points not only shifts the frequencies of completely reflected photons but also periodically modulates the entire reflection spectrum. Furthermore, we examine the influence of three typical types of disorder: hopping-strength disorder, atomic-frequency disorder, and accumulated-phase disorder. The broad reflection structure near resonance is found to be relatively robust against these disorders, while the narrow bulk-state-related reflection peaks are more sensitive to parameter fluctuations.
    When atomic dissipation and asymmetric waveguide couplings are included, the system exhibits pronounced reflection nonreciprocity, even though the transmission remains reciprocal. At specific accumulated phases, perfect nonreciprocal reflection for resonant photons can be achieved by jointly tuning the SSH topological parameter and the atomic dissipation rate. This nonreciprocal response is also periodically controlled by the accumulated phase. These findings reveal the cooperative role of topological edge modes and giant-atom interference in single-photon transport, offering a theoretical route toward designing tunable nonreciprocal quantum devices and enabling directional photon manipulation in quantum networks.

     

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