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| author | Zhang, Mai Wang, Yu Zou, Chang-Ling Ying, Lei He, Qiongyi Guo, Guang-Can Dong, Chun-Hua |
| author_facet | Zhang, Mai Wang, Yu Zou, Chang-Ling Ying, Lei He, Qiongyi Guo, Guang-Can Dong, Chun-Hua |
| contents | Harnessing a beam of slow free electrons in artificial photonic structures offers a powerful, tunable platform for generating nonclassical light without the need for heavy physical equipment. Here we present a theory of nonclassical lasing, demonstrating how incoherent electrons in photonic crystal cavities can coherently emit photons through collective dynamics. When photon emission rate exceeds cavity losses, nonclassical lasing with sub-Poissonian photon statistics emerges, driven by multi-photon Rabi oscillations. At specific coupling strengths, quantum state trapping effect emerges, producing high-fidelity Fock states at room temperature (e.g. nearly 90%-fidelity of four photon Fock state). Notably, the frequency of the emitted photons can be readily tuned via the velocity of the injected electrons to match cavity modes. This approach supports photonic integration and offers a scalable, energy-efficient platform for room-temperature quantum light sources and advanced studies in quantum electrodynamics. |
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| spellingShingle | Low-Energy Free-Electron Nonclassical Lasing Zhang, Mai Wang, Yu Zou, Chang-Ling Ying, Lei He, Qiongyi Guo, Guang-Can Dong, Chun-Hua Optics Quantum Physics Harnessing a beam of slow free electrons in artificial photonic structures offers a powerful, tunable platform for generating nonclassical light without the need for heavy physical equipment. Here we present a theory of nonclassical lasing, demonstrating how incoherent electrons in photonic crystal cavities can coherently emit photons through collective dynamics. When photon emission rate exceeds cavity losses, nonclassical lasing with sub-Poissonian photon statistics emerges, driven by multi-photon Rabi oscillations. At specific coupling strengths, quantum state trapping effect emerges, producing high-fidelity Fock states at room temperature (e.g. nearly 90%-fidelity of four photon Fock state). Notably, the frequency of the emitted photons can be readily tuned via the velocity of the injected electrons to match cavity modes. This approach supports photonic integration and offers a scalable, energy-efficient platform for room-temperature quantum light sources and advanced studies in quantum electrodynamics. |
| title | Low-Energy Free-Electron Nonclassical Lasing |
| topic | Optics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10274 |