A full-wave Green's function framework for non-Markovian collective single-photon emission in open-system QED, including a counter-term scheme to compensate for finite-bandwidth dispersive interaction errors.
Computational framework for non-Markovian multi-emitter dynamics beyond the single-excitation limit
1 Pith paper cite this work. Polarity classification is still indexing.
abstract
While non-Markovian dynamics have been extensively studied in the single-excitation limit to predict non-trivial phenomena, this regime remains an idealization. Moving beyond it is essential, as optical nonlinearities and phase-error accumulation in multi-photon processes render the Markovian approximation fragile. In this work, we present a Green's function-based framework for modeling non-Markovian multi-emitter quantum electrodynamics within the two-excitation manifold. The modified Langevin noise (M-LN) formalism is employed for first-principles treatment of dissipative environments, while the emitter-centered mode (ECM) framework ensures computational tractability. Unlike conventional approaches that integrate out the reservoir, we construct a non-Markovian hierarchy of coupled differential equations by explicitly retaining photonic amplitudes. Within the two-excitation hierarchy, the formulation preserves total probability and retains phase information necessary to capture multi-photon interference. As numerical demonstrations, we investigate non-Markovian atom-field interactions in structured semi-infinite waveguide environments. We first consider a homogeneous waveguide as a baseline, observing enhanced Bell-state fidelity in selected configurations. Next, we examine collective decay of symmetric Dicke states in a waveguide with an embedded lossy dielectric slab, revealing selective stabilization and delayed excitation transfer induced by the structured reservoir. Finally, we analyze entanglement dynamics in the same setting, highlighting entanglement sudden birth and oscillatory revivals. In principle, the framework applies to arbitrary electromagnetic environments for which the dyadic Green's function can be obtained numerically, providing a versatile tool for investigating complex non-Markovian multi-photon phenomena beyond the single-excitation limit.
fields
quant-ph 1years
2026 1verdicts
UNVERDICTED 1representative citing papers
citing papers explorer
-
Full-Wave Green's-Function Modeling of Collective Single-Photon Emission in Non-Markovian Open-System QED with Finite-Bandwidth Compensation of Dispersive Interactions
A full-wave Green's function framework for non-Markovian collective single-photon emission in open-system QED, including a counter-term scheme to compensate for finite-bandwidth dispersive interaction errors.