X-ray quantum optics with Mossbauer nuclei embedded in thin-film cavities

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Output type: Journal article

Author list: Heeg KP, Evers J

Publisher: American Physical Society

Publication year: 2013

Journal: Physical Review A (1050-2947)

Volume number: 88

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 1050-2947

eISSN: 1094-1622

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Open access status: green

Full text URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1305.4239

Abstract

A promising platform for the emerging field of x-ray quantum optics consists of Mossbauer nuclei embedded in thin-film cavities probed by near-resonant x-ray light, as used in a number of recent experiments. Here we develop a quantum optical framework for the description of experimentally relevant settings involving nuclei embedded in x-ray waveguides. We apply our formalism to two settings of current experimental interest based on the archetype Mossbauer isotope Fe-57. For the present experimental conditions, we derive compact analytical expressions and show that the alignment of medium magnetization, as well as incident and detection polarization, enable the engineering of advanced quantum optical level schemes. The model encompasses nonlinear and quantum effects which could become accessible in future experiments.

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