Photon transport and blockade based on non-Markovian interactions between a microring resonator and waveguide

TL;DR

This paper explores how non-Markovian interactions in a waveguide-microring resonator system can be engineered to control photon transport and blockade effects, with potential applications in quantum photonics.

Contribution

It introduces a novel non-Markovian model for photon blockade in a waveguide-resonator system and evaluates its effects using scattering matrices and correlation functions.

Findings

Photon blockade can be manipulated by designing non-Markovian coupling parameters.

Photon transport properties are influenced by the waveguide length between coupling points.

Non-Markovian dynamics enable control over output photon correlations and intracavity states.

Abstract

We investigate photon transport and blockade based on the architecture where a waveguide is coupled to a microring resonator at two distinct points. This two-point coupling configuration between the waveguide and resonator gives rise to non-Markovian dynamics, which is induced by the photon transmission delay in the waveguide between the two coupled points. On one hand, by designing the non-Markovian coupling parameters between the waveguide and resonator, single- or two-photon transport and the resulting photon blockade effect can be manipulated according to the output photonic states at the end of waveguide. We for the fist time evaluate the occurrence of photon blockade with scattering matrices and second order correlation functions based on this non-Markovian proposal related to the length of waveguide between two coupled points. On the other hand, when classical driving fields are applied upon the resonator with interactions between its clockwise and counterclockwise modes, the blockade effect of the output field can be determined by the intracavity eigenstates. Then the correlations of the output field as well as the intracavity states can be modulated by the non-Markovian coupling between the microring resonator and waveguide.