Multi-excitation scattering in subwavelength atomic arrays

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17148v1
• Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 16:34:57 GMT
• Title: Multi-excitation scattering in subwavelength atomic arrays
• Authors: Yidan Wang, Oriol Rubies-Bigorda, Valentin Walther, Susanne F. Yelin,
• Abstract summary: Subcitation atomic arrays are a leading platform for engineering light-matter interactions.<n>We present a unified quantum scattering theory that treats both photons and collective atomic spin waves as distinct propagating excitations.<n>Our work provides a versatile analytic tool for analyzing and engineering complex quantum nonlinear phenomena.
• Score: 3.8304137083795773
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Subwavelength atomic arrays are a leading platform for engineering light-matter interactions, enabling near-perfect single-photon mirrors and robust quantum memories based on long-lived dark spin waves. However, a comprehensive theory of their nonlinear, multi-excitation dynamics has remained a significant challenge. We present a unified quantum scattering theory that treats both photons and collective atomic spin waves as distinct propagating excitations interacting across different spatial dimensions. Our central result is a powerful analytical reduction: we demonstrate that the complete multi-channel S-matrix and the associated scattering cross sections are exactly determined by the effective scattering dynamics solely within the atomic spin wave subspace. This maps the complex physical problem of photon-atom interactions to a conceptually simpler one involving only atomic modes. We apply this formalism to the two-excitation case, deriving the complete analytical S-matrix and scattering cross sections for systems with two-level nonlinearities. Our work provides a versatile analytic tool for analyzing and engineering complex quantum nonlinear phenomena, including multi-excitation subradiance, in large-scale atomic systems.

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