Giant-atom-enabled quantum optics with valley-polarized photons

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06771v1
• Date: Thu, 07 May 2026 18:00:01 GMT
• Title: Giant-atom-enabled quantum optics with valley-polarized photons
• Abstract summary: We show that photonic valleys can be selectively addressed in quantum optics using a simple two-level emitter.<n>We consider a qubit coupled at multiple points to an engineered honeycomb lattice of resonators with detuned sublattice frequencies.
• Score: 35.18016233072556
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Valleytronics and valley photonics exploit the valley degree of freedom to encode and manipulate information. Here we show that photonic valleys can be selectively addressed in quantum optics using a simple two-level emitter, provided it is coupled nonlocally to the field, thereby realizing a so-called giant atom. Specifically, we consider a qubit coupled at multiple points to an engineered honeycomb lattice of resonators with detuned sublattice frequencies. By tailoring the geometry of the coupling points, the giant atom can be made to emit selectively into a single valley. The emitted photons thereby acquire a well-defined valley character and inherit the associated Berry curvature. By placing the qubit near a domain wall between regions of opposite sublattice detuning, whose interface supports valley-polarized edge modes, emission becomes chiral along the domain wall. This provides a promising route toward implementation of single-photon disorder-robust chiral emission without breaking time-reversal symmetry of the electromagnetic medium in platforms such as circuit QED.

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