Motion-induced directionality of collective emission in a non-chiral waveguide
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03028v1
- Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:21:45 GMT
- Title: Motion-induced directionality of collective emission in a non-chiral waveguide
- Authors: Yoan Spahn, Jens Hartmann, Benedikt Saalfrank, Michael Fleischhauer, Thomas Halfmann, Thorsten Peters,
- Abstract summary: Raman-induced two-level emitters with spatially oscillating phases of the transition dipole enable thermally induced, but controllable directionality of the collective emission.<n>We employ numerical simulations based on the Truncated Wigner Approximation for spins and find good agreement.<n>Our results will enable studies of collective, nonreciprocal interactions in non-chiral systems.
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- Abstract: We report on the observation of motion-induced directionality in the collective emission of atoms confined within a hollow-core waveguide. Unlike in chiral waveguides, the atom-field coupling is here isotropic in the forward and backward direction. However, Raman-induced effective two-level emitters with spatially oscillating phases of the transition dipole enable thermally induced, but controllable directionality of the collective emission. By tuning the characteristic rate of collective decay we achieve a directionality of up to 0.89(1). We furthermore study the correlations of the emitted light close to and well above the threshold to collective emission, showing a buildup of coherence in the superfluorescent bursts while exhibiting thermal statistics below the threshold. To understand the underlying mechanism we employ numerical simulations based on the Truncated Wigner Approximation for spins and find good agreement. Additionally we present a simple model capable of reproducing the observed directionality via location blurring induced by the thermal motion of the atoms during collective emission. Our results will enable studies of collective, nonreciprocal interactions in non-chiral systems.
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