Flying atom back-reaction and mechanically generated photons from vacuum

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.10419v1
• Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:08:09 GMT
• Title: Flying atom back-reaction and mechanically generated photons from vacuum
• Authors: Alberto Mercurio, Simone De Liberato, Franco Nori, Salvatore Savasta, Roberto Stassi
• Abstract summary: We investigate the dynamics of a two-level atom flying through a photonic cavity when the light-matter interaction is in the ultrastrong coupling regime. We adopt a closed full quantum description that takes into account the quantization of the atom center-of-mass motion. In the first case, the atom experiences a emphquantum regenerative braking mechanism, based on temporary storage of energy into virtual excitations.
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• Abstract: We investigate the dynamics of a two-level atom flying through a photonic cavity when the light-matter interaction is in the ultrastrong coupling regime. We adopt a closed full quantum description that takes into account the quantization of the atom center-of-mass motion in addition to its internal degree of freedom and to the quantized photonic cavity field. We find that multiple qualitatively different dynamical regimes are achievable according to two key figures of merit: the ratio between the kinetic energy and the bare excitation energies, and the product of these bare energies with the time the atom takes to fly through the cavity. According to the values of those figures of merit, the atom can be reflected by the \emph{dressed} vacuum, or can convert part of its kinetic energy into real excitations which might be emitted out of the cavity. In the first case, the atom experiences a \emph{quantum regenerative braking} mechanism, based on temporary storage of energy into virtual excitations.

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