{
  "id": "1710.01543",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2017-10-04T10:50:58.000Z",
  "updated": "2017-10-04T10:50:58.000Z",
  "title": "Photon Statistics in a Waveguide: Beyond Bunching and Antibunching",
  "authors": [
    "Xin H. H. Zhang",
    "H. U. Baranger"
  ],
  "comment": "10 pages",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "Photon bunching and antibunching are usually defined through the second order correlation function $g^{(2)}(\\tau)$. Here, we obtain photon counting statistics by using a quantum jump approach tailored to a system in which one or two qubits are coupled to a one-dimensional waveguide. Photons confined in the waveguide have strong interference effects, which are shown to play a vital role in quantum jumps and photon statistics. For a single qubit, for instance, bunching of transmitted photons is heralded by a jump that increases the qubit population. We show that the distribution and correlations of waiting times offer a more precise and clearer characterization of photon bunching and antibunching. Further, the waiting times can be used to characterize complex correlations of photons which are hidden in $g^{(2)}(\\tau)$, such as a mixture of bunching and antibunching.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2017-10-04T10:50:58.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "photon statistics",
      "antibunching",
      "second order correlation function",
      "waiting times",
      "strong interference effects"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 10,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}