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Strong Coupling Dynamics of a Quantum Emitter near a Topological Insulator Nanoparticle

Journal

NANOMATERIALS
Volume 13, Issue 20, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano13202787

Keywords

spontaneous emission; topological insulator; two-level quantum system; Purcell effect; strong coupling; non-Markovianity measure; quantum speed limit

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In this study, the spontaneous emission dynamics of a quantum emitter near a topological insulator Bi2Se3 spherical nanoparticle are investigated. High Purcell factors up to 1010 at large distances in the terahertz regime are observed using the electromagnetic Green's tensor method. The research shows non-Markovian spontaneous emission dynamics and potential dynamical quantum speedup for short vacuum decay times, while the dynamics become progressively Markovian and the quantum speedup vanishes as the vacuum decay times increase. Additionally, a hybrid bound state between the quantum emitter and the continuum of electromagnetic modes affected by the nanoparticle is observed.
We study the spontaneous emission dynamics of a quantum emitter near a topological insulator Bi2Se3 spherical nanoparticle. Using the electromagnetic Green's tensor method, we find exceptional Purcell factors of the quantum emitter up to 1010 at distances between the emitter and the nanoparticle as large as half the nanoparticle's radius in the terahertz regime. We study the spontaneous emission evolution of a quantum emitter for various transition frequencies in the terahertz and various vacuum decay rates. For short vacuum decay times, we observe non-Markovian spontaneous emission dynamics, which correspond perfectly to values of well-established measures of non-Markovianity and possibly indicate considerable dynamical quantum speedup. The dynamics turn progressively Markovian as the vacuum decay times increase, while in this regime, the non-Markovianity measures are nullified, and the quantum speedup vanishes. For the shortest vacuum decay times, we find that the population remains trapped in the emitter, which indicates that a hybrid bound state between the quantum emitter and the continuum of electromagnetic modes as affected by the nanoparticle has been formed. This work demonstrates that a Bi2Se3 spherical nanoparticle can be a nanoscale platform for strong light-matter coupling.

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