Input-output formalism for few-photon transport in one-dimensional nanophotonic waveguides coupled to a qubit

Shanhui Fan, Şükrü Ekin Kocabaş, Jung-Tsung Shen
2010 Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics  
We extend the input-output formalism of quantum optics to analyze few-photon transport in waveguides with an embedded qubit. We provide explicit analytical derivations for one and two-photon scattering matrix elements based on operator equations in the Heisenberg picture.
doi:10.1103/physreva.82.063821 fatcat:bxe2snag5rfzzgduooyfeov3fu