Continuous Narrow-Linewidth Superradiance in Waveguide QED

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.06556v1
• Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:57:44 GMT
• Title: Continuous Narrow-Linewidth Superradiance in Waveguide QED
• Abstract summary: Superradiant lasers promise continuous, narrow-linewidth coherent emission at the bare atomic transition frequency.<n>Recent experiments have advanced the field, but achieving truly continuous operation remains technically challenging.<n>We propose an alternative route to an active optical frequency reference with fewer emitters using a nanophotonic waveguide.
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• Abstract: Superradiant lasers promise continuous, narrow-linewidth coherent emission at the bare atomic transition frequency, enabling frequency references of exceptional precision. Recent experiments have advanced the field, but achieving truly continuous operation remains technically challenging. Here we propose an alternative route to an active optical frequency reference with fewer emitters using all-to-all dipole-dipole interactions mediated by a nanophotonic waveguide. We show that selectively pumping only a sub-ensemble of emitters, rather than the full ensemble, substantially improves emission characteristics. The collective interactions with unpumped emitters provide narrowband frequency selection and establish an effective feedback mechanism analogous to the role of a macroscopic cavity. We find directional superradiant emission with strongly phase-synchronized emitter correlations and a narrow output spectrum close to the bare emitter resonance. Our results demonstrate a strong metrological gain from selective partial pumping of quantum emitters with the second-order intensity correlation $g^{(2)}(0)\simeq 1$, indicating reduced equal-time intensity fluctuations, and open a route to waveguide-based optical frequency references using small clock-atom ensembles for chip-scale precision metrology.

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