%0 Journal Article
%T Theoretical treatment of the interaction between two-level atoms and periodic waveguides
%A Xiaorun Zang
%A Philippe Lalanne
%J Physics
%D 2015
%I arXiv
%R 10.1364/OL.40.003869
%X Light transport in periodic waveguides coupled to a two-level atom is investigated. By using optical Bloch equations and a photonic modal formalism, we derive semi-analytical expressions for the scattering matrix of one atom trapped in a periodic waveguide. The derivation is general, as the expressions hold for any periodic photonic or plasmonic waveguides. It provides a basic building block to study collective effects arising from photon-mediated multi-atom interactions in periodic waveguides.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.01176v1