Renormalization Treatment of IR and UV Cutoffs in Waveguide QED and Implications to Numerical Model Simulation

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Main Authors: Piron, Romain, Soeda, Akihito
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Published: 2026
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author Piron, Romain
Soeda, Akihito
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Soeda, Akihito
contents We present a non-perturbative, first-principles derivation of renormalization relations for waveguide-QED models, explicitly accounting for the infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) cutoffs that are necessarily introduced in numerical simulations. By formulating the atomic dynamics in the time domain, we obtain explicit expressions linking the bare model parameters to the physically observable atomic frequency and decay rate, and verify their consistency with scattering theory. We further connect these results to standard Feynman diagrams, providing a transparent physical interpretation and ensuring the generality of the approach. Finally, we show how these renormalization relations can be used to parameterize simulations with a minimal frequency bandwidth, simultaneously preserving physical accuracy and reducing computational cost, thereby paving the way for efficient and reliable multi-photon light-matter simulations.
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spellingShingle Renormalization Treatment of IR and UV Cutoffs in Waveguide QED and Implications to Numerical Model Simulation
Piron, Romain
Soeda, Akihito
Quantum Physics
We present a non-perturbative, first-principles derivation of renormalization relations for waveguide-QED models, explicitly accounting for the infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) cutoffs that are necessarily introduced in numerical simulations. By formulating the atomic dynamics in the time domain, we obtain explicit expressions linking the bare model parameters to the physically observable atomic frequency and decay rate, and verify their consistency with scattering theory. We further connect these results to standard Feynman diagrams, providing a transparent physical interpretation and ensuring the generality of the approach. Finally, we show how these renormalization relations can be used to parameterize simulations with a minimal frequency bandwidth, simultaneously preserving physical accuracy and reducing computational cost, thereby paving the way for efficient and reliable multi-photon light-matter simulations.
title Renormalization Treatment of IR and UV Cutoffs in Waveguide QED and Implications to Numerical Model Simulation
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.15945