Interacción Luz-Materia en Emisores Cuánticos: Una introducción usando QuTiP
Adrián Juan-Delgado
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Volumen
V59 - N3 / 2026 Ordinario
Referencia
52007
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.7149/OPA.59.3.52007
Idioma
English
Etiquetas
óptica cuántica, emisores cuánticos, QuTiP, simulaciones numéricas, nanofotónica, sistemas cuánticos abiertos, emisión espontanea, emisión de fotones individuales
Resumen
Los emisores cuánticos constituyen una de las plataformas fundamentales para el estudio de las interacciones cuánticas luz–materia y desempeñan un papel central en tecnologías cuánticas. En este tutorial, se presenta una introducción orientada a estudiantes de grado y máster sobre la interacción entre la luz y emisores cuánticos de dos niveles basada en simulaciones numéricas implementadas con QuTiP, una plataforma de código abierto en Python para el modelado de sistemas cuánticos abiertos. Este tutorial combina códigos y simulaciones en QuTiP con explicaciones físicas intuitivas y derivaciones analíticas concisas. Los códigos proporcionados pueden implementarse directamente y adaptarse fácilmente para explorar de manera sistemática los efectos de distintos parámetros físicos, ayudando a los estudiantes a desarrollar una intuición física sobre distintos fenómenos en óptica cuántica. Entre los temas abordados se incluyen la emisión espontánea, la excitación coherente mediante un láser, el triplete de Mollow, oscilaciones de Rabi, la emisión de fotones individuales, el efecto Purcell, y el concepto de polaritón, entre otros. Por tanto, este tutorial está concebido como una introducción accesible a la óptica cuántica para estudiantes de grado y máster, al tiempo que proporciona un punto de partida práctico para el modelado numérico de emisores cuánticos y sistemas nanofotónicos utilizando QuTiP.
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