



01151nas a2200145   4500008004100000245005800041210005700099260001300156490000800169520073200177100002500909700001700934700001700951856003700968       2013                        eng d00aDissipative Many-body Quantum Optics in Rydberg Media0 aDissipative Manybody Quantum Optics in Rydberg Media  c2013/4/90 v1103 a  We develop a theoretical framework for the dissipative propagation of
quantized light in interacting optical media under conditions of
electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). The theory allows us to
determine the peculiar spatiotemporal structure of the output of two
complementary Rydberg-EIT-based light-processing modules: the recently
demonstrated single-photon filter and the recently proposed single-photon
subtractor, which, respectively, let through and absorb a single photon. In
addition to being crucial for applications of these and other optical quantum
devices, the theory opens the door to the study of exotic dissipative many-body
dynamics of strongly interacting photons in nonlinear nonlocal media.
1 aGorshkov, Alexey, V.1 aNath, Rejish1 aPohl, Thomas  uhttp://arxiv.org/abs/1211.7060v1