Non-classical spatial and temporal photon correlations

Abstract

We investigate collective emission characteristics of independent sources, having, in particular, relative distances larger than the emission wavelength. By studying the state evolution of the scattered fields in a quantum path picture, we derive and explain quantum optical effects like Dicke superradiance, subradiance, hyperradiance, simultaneous antibunching, bunching and superbunching, as well as generalized Hong-Ou-Mandel interferences or boson sampling in free space.

Selected Publications

Bhatti D., Bojer M., von Zanthier J.:
Different types of coherence: Young-type interference versus Dicke superradiance
In: Physical Review A 104 (2021), Art.Nr.: 052401
ISSN: 1050-2947
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.104.052401
Mährlein S., Götzendörfer L., Günthner K., Evers J., von Zanthier J.:
Birth, death, and revival of spontaneous emission in a three-atom system
In: Physical Review Research 2 (2020)
ISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013278
Wolf S., Richter S., von Zanthier J., Schmidt-Kaler F.:
Light of Two Atoms in Free Space: Bunching or Antibunching?
In: Physical Review Letters 124 (2020)
ISSN: 0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.063603
Bhatti D., Classen A., Oppel S., Schneider R., von Zanthier J.:
Generation of N00N-like interferences with two thermal light sources
In: European Physical Journal D 72 (2018), Art.Nr.: 191
ISSN: 1434-6060
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2018-90371-8
Mehringer T., Mährlein S., von Zanthier J., Agarwal G.:
Photon statistics as an interference phenomenon
In: Optics Letters 43 (2018), S. 2304-2307
ISSN: 0146-9592
DOI: 10.1364/OL.43.002304