Efficient single-photon directional transfer between waveguides via two giant atoms

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a method for efficient, directional single-photon transfer between waveguides using giant atoms, with potential applications in quantum networks and photonic circuits.

Contribution

It introduces a scheme to achieve perfect, directional photon transfer by tuning giant atom interactions and degeneracies, advancing quantum photonic control.

Findings

Resonant photons can be completely transferred via scattering interference.

Directional propagation is achieved through eigenstate degeneracy.

Proposed scheme enables efficient photon transfer with directional control.

Abstract

We investigate the single-photon transport properties in a double-waveguide quantum electrodynamic system. We force the energy degeneracy of the collective states by adjusting the direct coupling strength between the two giant atoms. Our results indicate that resonant photons can be completely transferred between the two waveguides owing to the scattering interference of eigenstates, which also results in the directional propagation of resonant photons in the output waveguide. Perfect transfer occurs when the two scattering states degenerate in the energy and decay rates. We further propose a simple scheme to realize the efficient photon transfer with directional control. This study has potential applications in quantum networks and integrated photonic circuits.