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Photon antibunching in a cavity-QED system with two Rydberg–Rydberg interaction atoms

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We propose how to achieve strong photon antibunching effect in a cavity-QED system coupled with two Rydberg–Rydberg interaction atoms. Via calculating the equal time second-order correlation function \(g^{(2)}(0)\), we find that the unconventional photon blockade and the conventional photon blockade appear in the atom-driven scheme, and they are both significantly affected by the Rydberg–Rydberg interaction. We also find that under appropriate parameters, one obtains the extremely strong photon antibunching by combining the conventional photon blockade and the unconventional photon blockade, and the mean photon number in the cavity can be improved significantly. In the cavity-driven scheme, the existence of the Rydberg–Rydberg interaction severely destroys the photon antibunching under the unconventional photon blockade mechanism. These results will help to guide the implementation of the single photon emitter in the Rydberg atoms-cavity system.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by NSFC under Grant No. 11874190 and No. 12047501. Support was also provided by Supercomputing Center of Lanzhou University.

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  2. Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

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Huang, T., Tan, L. Photon antibunching in a cavity-QED system with two Rydberg–Rydberg interaction atoms. Eur. Phys. J. D 75, 312 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-021-00321-2

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