Asymmetric Light Scattering from an Atomic System with Gain: A Quantum Analysis

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00779v1
• Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:05:21 GMT
• Title: Asymmetric Light Scattering from an Atomic System with Gain: A Quantum Analysis
• Abstract summary: We study the the scattering of light by a binary system of identical atoms in which one of them is incoherently pumped.<n>We carry out a fully quantum analysis of the directionality of the radiation scattered from the atoms when the incident light strikes the system.
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• Abstract: We study the the scattering of light by a binary system of identical atoms in which one of them is incoherently pumped. This system belongs to the kind of non-parity symmetric optical systems in which gains and losses are partially compensated. We carry out a fully quantum analysis of the directionality of the radiation scattered from the atoms when the incident light strikes the system either perpendicular or alongside the interatomic axis. We find that, generally, while the degree of asymmetry depends on the pump rate, the preferred direction for emission depends on the interatomic distance and the detuning of the probe field with respect to the resonant frequency. On physical grounds, for the case of frontal illumination, the asymmetry is the result of the interference of the photons emitted from different atoms. On the contrary, for side lighting, the asymmetry with respect to the side of incidence is caused by both the phase difference between the probe field photons that strike each atom and the interference between the photons emitted from different atoms. Further, for side lighting too, our quantum approach demonstrates that the forward scattered power depends on the side of incidence, which reveals the lack of reciprocity in the quantum optical response of the system. This result conflicts with what is obtained within a classical approach.

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