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Super-Coulombic atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media
Dipole–dipole interactions, which govern phenomena such as cooperative Lamb shifts, superradiant decay rates, Van der Waals forces and resonance energy transfer rates, are conventionally limited to the Coulombic near-field. Here we reveal a class of real-photon and virtual-photon long-range quantum...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5288497/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28120826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14144 |
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description | Dipole–dipole interactions, which govern phenomena such as cooperative Lamb shifts, superradiant decay rates, Van der Waals forces and resonance energy transfer rates, are conventionally limited to the Coulombic near-field. Here we reveal a class of real-photon and virtual-photon long-range quantum electrodynamic interactions that have a singularity in media with hyperbolic dispersion. The singularity in the dipole–dipole coupling, referred to as a super-Coulombic interaction, is a result of an effective interaction distance that goes to zero in the ideal limit irrespective of the physical distance. We investigate the entire landscape of atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media confirming the giant long-range enhancement. We also propose multiple experimental platforms to verify our predicted effect with phonon–polaritonic hexagonal boron nitride, plasmonic super-lattices and hyperbolic meta-surfaces as well. Our work paves the way for the control of cold atoms above hyperbolic meta-surfaces and the study of many-body physics with hyperbolic media. |
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spelling | pubmed-52884972017-02-10 Super-Coulombic atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media Cortes, Cristian L. Jacob, Zubin Nat Commun Article Dipole–dipole interactions, which govern phenomena such as cooperative Lamb shifts, superradiant decay rates, Van der Waals forces and resonance energy transfer rates, are conventionally limited to the Coulombic near-field. Here we reveal a class of real-photon and virtual-photon long-range quantum electrodynamic interactions that have a singularity in media with hyperbolic dispersion. The singularity in the dipole–dipole coupling, referred to as a super-Coulombic interaction, is a result of an effective interaction distance that goes to zero in the ideal limit irrespective of the physical distance. We investigate the entire landscape of atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media confirming the giant long-range enhancement. We also propose multiple experimental platforms to verify our predicted effect with phonon–polaritonic hexagonal boron nitride, plasmonic super-lattices and hyperbolic meta-surfaces as well. Our work paves the way for the control of cold atoms above hyperbolic meta-surfaces and the study of many-body physics with hyperbolic media. Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5288497/ /pubmed/28120826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14144 Text en Copyright © 2017, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Cortes, Cristian L. Jacob, Zubin Super-Coulombic atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media |
title | Super-Coulombic atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media |
title_full | Super-Coulombic atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media |
title_fullStr | Super-Coulombic atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media |
title_full_unstemmed | Super-Coulombic atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media |
title_short | Super-Coulombic atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media |
title_sort | super-coulombic atom–atom interactions in hyperbolic media |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5288497/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28120826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14144 |
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