Emergence of coupling induced transparency by tuning purely dissipative couplings

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that purely dissipative couplings in multi-mode hybrid quantum systems can induce coupling induced transparency (CIT), with a robust theoretical framework explaining transitions between CIT and CIA, enabling control over light propagation.

Contribution

It introduces a novel quantum theory formalism that explains CIT and CIA transitions using only dissipative couplings in multi-mode systems, extending to arbitrary modes.

Findings

Purely dissipative couplings can induce CIT.

The formalism explains inter- and intra-transitions between CIT and CIA.

Potential applications in optical switching and quantum information.

Abstract

Controlled transitions between coupling induced transparency (CIT) and coupling induced absorption (CIA) are effects of both fundamental importance as well as potential applications in various devices. We have explored these peculiar phenomena in multi-mode coupled hybrid quantum systems by considering a tunable mode (TM) and several static modes (SMs). The individual SMs and TM are designed such that they show CIA, but upon coupling different SMs we observe a transition from CIA to CIT. Quite remarkably we are able to achieve CIT using only purely dissipative couplings, whereas it is well known that CIT appears with coherent coupling. We have developed a robust quantum theory based formalism which is able to capture the transition between CIA to CIT and have the capability to explain the inter-transition (CIT to CIA) as well as intra-transitions (CIA to CIA, CIT to CIT etc.) in a multimode hybrid quantum system all with just linear approach. A general model is developed for hybrid quantum systems having N modes. We have then explicitly described two sets of hybrid systems, the first set is of three modes, 1TM coupled with 2SMs, and the second set is of four modes, 1TM coupled with 3SMs. Later we have generalised it for hybrid quantum systems having N number of modes. The results provide a pathway for designing hybrid systems that can control the group velocity of light, offering potential applications in the fields of optical switching and quantum information technology. Our finding and formulation that in a single hybrid quantum system we can achieve controllable inter-transitions and intra-transitions of CIT/ CIA may open a tool and guidance for its application in quantum technology and quantum materials as the TMs/SMs may be well extended to other real/ quasi-particles also.