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Title: Two-polariton bound states in the Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard model

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Physics and Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin (Hong Kong)

We examine the eigenstates of the one-dimensional Jaynes-Cummings-Hubbard model in the two-excitation subspace. We discover that two-excitation bound states emerge when the ratio of vacuum Rabi frequency to the tunneling rate between cavities exceeds a critical value. We determine the critical value as a function of the quasimomentum quantum number, and indicate that the bound states carry a strong correlation in which the two polaritons appear to be spatially confined together.

OSTI ID:
21546915
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.055802; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English