The influence of evanescent waves on the nature of optical cooperative effects in atomic ensembles in a waveguide

Quantum Physics [Submitted on 21 Apr 2026] The influence of evanescent waves on the nature of optical cooperative effects in atomic ensembles in a waveguide A. S. Kuraptsev, I. M. Sokolov Based on a consistent quantum microscopic approach, we investigate the peculiarities of collective polyatomic effects in atomic ensembles placed in a waveguide, caused by the presence of evanescent modes of electromagnetic field. We analyze the influence of these modes on the process of cooperative spontaneous decay, as well as on the nature of radiation transfer in the ensembles under consideration. We show that under certain conditions, their influence can be dominant compared to the role of radiation modes, and the mechanism for this influence is the modification of dipole-dipole interatomic interaction. Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph); Optics (physics.optics) Cite as: arXiv:2604.19944 [quant-ph]   (or arXiv:2604.19944v1 [quant-ph] for this version)   https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.19944 Focus to learn more Submission history From: Alexey Kuraptsev [view email] [v1] Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:46:36 UTC (1,319 KB) Access Paper: HTML (experimental) view license Current browse context: quant-ph < prev   |   next > new | recent | 2026-04 Change to browse by: physics physics.atom-ph physics.optics References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar Export BibTeX Citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Demos Related Papers About arXivLabs Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)