Initiation of Superradiance from Different Collective-Spin States
Abstract
Superradiance is an extensive cooperative spontaneous emission phenomenon, exhibited by some atomic collective-spin states. However, distinct initial states differ in their decay dynamics. Dicke states |j,m⟩ with distinct numbers of excitations n=m+j, driven by vacuum fluctuations, have their peak emission intensity shifted in time. Rotating Dicke states relative to the decay axis introduces an interesting parity structure that affects the pulse profile and photon correlations. Squeezed-bath prepared states undergo a squeezing-controlled crossover to the rotated Dicke states, making the emission character dependent on the amount of squeezing transferred from light to the atomic state. For semiclassical states with a macroscopic dipole moment, like the atomic coherent state, the emission intensity depends on their polarization. We present detailed results on the superradiant dynamics of a representative selection of states expanded in Dicke states to highlight the initial state as an independent dynamical control parameter. For large-N, we are able to predict fairly accurately the pulse profile in each case using the mean-field approximation, an approach based on the Fokker--Planck equation. We also present comparative results on the intensity correlation function, quantify the coherent and incoherent contributions of the emission, and contrast between small and large ensembles.
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BibTeX
@misc{alabbar2026initiation,
title = {{Initiation of Superradiance from Different Collective-Spin States}},
author = {Adnan Alabbar and Zhenghao Zhang and Girish S. Agarwal},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2606.14949},
eprint = {2606.14949},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.14949},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Initiation of Superradiance from Different Collective-Spin States
AU - Adnan Alabbar
AU - Zhenghao Zhang
AU - Girish S. Agarwal
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/17
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2606.14949
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.14949
AB - Superradiance is an extensive cooperative spontaneous emission phenomenon, exhibited by some atomic collective-spin states. However, distinct initial states differ in their decay dynamics. Dicke states |j,m⟩ with distinct numbers of excitations n=m+j, driven by vacuum fluctuations, have their peak emission intensity shifted in time. Rotating Dicke states relative to the decay axis introduces an interesting parity structure that affects the pulse profile and photon correlations. Squeezed-bath prepared states undergo a squeezing-controlled crossover to the rotated Dicke states, making the emission character dependent on the amount of squeezing transferred from light to the atomic state. For semiclassical states with a macroscopic dipole moment, like the atomic coherent state, the emission intensity depends on their polarization. We present detailed results on the superradiant dynamics of a representative selection of states expanded in Dicke states to highlight the initial state as an independent dynamical control parameter. For large-N, we are able to predict fairly accurately the pulse profile in each case using the mean-field approximation, an approach based on the Fokker--Planck equation. We also present comparative results on the intensity correlation function, quantify the coherent and incoherent contributions of the emission, and contrast between small and large ensembles.
ER -