Dipole-Induced Electromagnetic Transparency

Raiju Puthumpally-Joseph (1) , Maxim Sukharev (2) , Osman Atabek (1) , Eric Charron (1)

1 ISMO - Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay
2 Science and Mathematics Faculty, School of Letters and Sciences

We determine the optical response of a thin and dense layer of interacting quantum emitters. We show that in such a dense system, the Lorentz redshift and the associated interaction broadening can be used to control the transmission and reflection spectra. In the presence of overlapping resonances, a Dipole-Induced Electromagnetic Transparency (DIET) regime, similar to Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT), may be achieved. DIET relies on destructive interference between the electromagnetic waves emitted by quantum emitters. Carefully tuning material parameters allows to achieve narrow transmission windows in otherwise completely opaque media. We analyze in details this coherent and collective effect using a generalized Lorentz model and show how it can be controlled. Several potential applications of the phenomenon, such as slow light, are proposed.

Domaines: Physique Quantique [quant-ph]; Optique [physics.optics]

Raiju Puthumpally-Joseph, Maxim Sukharev, Osman Atabek, Eric Charron. Dipole-Induced Electromagnetic Transparency. Physical Review Letters, 2014, 113, pp.163603. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.163603⟩. ⟨hal-01020256v3⟩