Abstract
A system of two identical atoms sharing a photon with a high- resonator mode is studied by a nonperturbative formalism. As opposed to previously considered models, here the interatom coupling is shown to result from competing effects of vacuum Rabi splitting and photon exchange via off-resonant modes. Strong suppression of interatom excitation transfer is predicted at both near- and far-zone separations.
- Received 31 May 1995
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.53.R35
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