1209.0906 (Guang-Yin Chen et al.)

Delocalized single-photon Dicke states and the Leggett- Garg inequality
in solid state systems    [PDF]

Guang-Yin Chen, Neill Lambert, Che-Ming Li, Yueh-Nan Chen, Franco Nori

We show how to realize a single-photon Dicke state in a large one-dimensional array of two- level systems, and discuss how to test its quantum properties. Realization of single-photon Dicke states relies on the cooperative nature of the interaction between a field reservoir and an array of two-level-emitters. The resulting dynamics of the delocalized state can display Rabi-like oscillations when the number of two-level emitters exceeds several hundred. In this case the large array of emitters is essentially behaving like a mirror-less cavity. We outline how this might be realized using a multiple-quantum-well structure and discuss how the quantum nature of these oscillations could be tested with the Leggett-Garg inequality and its extensions.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.0906