Tunable dual-band atomic mirror based on subwavelength atomic arrays under electromagnetically induced transparency
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.23032v1
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:54:20 GMT
- Title: Tunable dual-band atomic mirror based on subwavelength atomic arrays under electromagnetically induced transparency
- Authors: Shiwen Sun, Yi-Xin Wang, Xiao Liu, Yan Zhang,
- Abstract summary: Sub atomic arrays offer a powerful platform for engineering cooperative light-matter interactions and enabling quantum metasurfaces.<n>We demonstrate that a two-dimensional array of three-level atoms operating under electromagnetically induced transparency can function as a tunable dual-band atomic mirror.
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- Abstract: Subwavelength atomic arrays offer a powerful platform for engineering cooperative light-matter interactions and enabling quantum metasurfaces. We demonstrate that a two-dimensional array of three-level atoms operating under electromagnetically induced transparency can function as a tunable dual-band atomic mirror, where two independently controllable reflection bands emerge from the collective optical responses mediated by dipole-dipole interactions. These resonances yield dual reflection bands with asymmetric linewidths, whose spectral positions and bandwidths can be tuned through the control-field parameters, dipole orientation, incident geometry, and lattice constant. We further identify the conditions under which additional diffraction orders emerge, which delineate the operational and tunable range of the atomic mirror via its collective-mode structure. This scheme provides a fully tunable dual-band atomic mirror operating across broad frequency and angular ranges, offering a practical and experimentally accessible pathway toward reconfigurable photonic elements in atomic-array platforms at low energy levels.
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