Interplay between disorder and collective coherent response: Superradiance and spectral motional narrowing in the time domain
Hsing-Ta Chen, Zeyu Zhou, Maxim Sukharev, Joseph E. Subotnik, Abraham Nitzan
Abstract
Typically, in molecular ensembles, the fast random modulation of transition frequencies is merely considered to result in molecular dephasing. In contrast, the authors here show that such modulation may actually recover collective superradiant emission.
Topics & Concepts
SuperradianceCoherence (philosophical gambling strategy)ExcitationPhysicsAtomic physicsStimulated emissionCondensed matter physicsQuantum mechanicsLaserStrong Light-Matter InteractionsSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies