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This is fundamental condensed-matter and quantum-optics research on light-matter coupling in the superconductor 2H-NbSe2, not a quantum computing or communications system. It proposes photon-statistics measurements, such as two-photon coincidence counts, as a diagnostic for ultrastrong coupling, which may matter to quantum-materials and photonics researchers. Readers looking for near-term quantum technology should treat it as early theory, not a device result.
Ultrastrong Coupling Signatures in Photon Statistics from Terahertz Higgs-Polaritons
arXiv:2604.15417v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The ultrastrong coupling regime of cavity photons and quantum materials has emerged as a pathway to modify materials properties, however definitive signatures of ultrastrong coupling remain elusive. Focusing on the quantum photon statistics of light transmitted through a cavity-embedded superconductor, we show that a two-photon Higgs polariton at strong coupling realizes a photonic nonlinearity at the single terahertz photon level. We find that as light-matter coupling increases, the photon statistics show pronounced changes due to the formation of a hybrid photon-matter dark-cavity state with finite photon occupancy, producing testable signatures of ultrastrong coupling. We derive a non-Markovian input output relation and study the cavity-embedded superconductor 2H-NbSe2 as it approaches ultrastrong light-matter coupling. Our results reveal a diagnostic for ultrastrong coupling in the two-photon coincidence statistics that is absent in total counts.
Abstract:The ultrastrong coupling regime of cavity photons and quantum materials has emerged as a pathway to modify materials properties, however definitive signatures of ultrastrong coupling remain elusive. Focusing on the quantum photon statistics of light transmitted through a cavity-embedded superconductor, we show that a two-photon Higgs polariton at strong coupling realizes a photonic nonlinearity at the single terahertz photon level. We find that as light-matter coupling increases, the photon statistics show pronounced changes due to the formation of a hybrid photon-matter dark-cavity state with finite photon occupancy, producing testable signatures of ultrastrong coupling. We derive a non-Markovian input output relation and study the cavity-embedded superconductor 2H-NbSe2 as it approaches ultrastrong light-matter coupling. Our results reveal a diagnostic for ultrastrong coupling in the two-photon coincidence statistics that is absent in total counts.
4.5+18 pages, 3+11 figures; v2: cut 0.5 pages, added g4 term; v3: final published version
Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el); Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con); Optics (physics.optics); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
arXiv:2604.15417 [cond-mat.str-el]
(or arXiv:2604.15417v3 [cond-mat.str-el] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.15417 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite
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