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A theoretical study of photon statistics of an optically driven quantum dot located near a metal nanoparticle cluster (composed of one or two nanoparticles) is presented. Considering the system in the weak Rabi frequency regime, an analytical formula for anti-bunching time is derived. Using a photon Green's function method based on the exact quantization of electromagnetic field in a dissipative medium, the dependence of the anti-bunching time on the geometrical parameters (quantum dot radius and quantum dot distance from the metal nanoparticle) is studied. The results show that these geometrical parameters have pronounced impacts on the photon statistics. Furthermore, our findings reveal that the quantum dot dipole orientation possesses an important role in the quantum dot photon emission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The entanglement behavior of Dirac field under quantum decoherence in the non-inertial frames is studied beyond the single-mode approximation. Two kinds of damping processes, amplitude damping channel and dephasing channel, are investigated as the sources of decoherence. The decoherence and Unruh effect will lead to entanglement degradation. This study demonstrates that as two observers experience the decoherence, the entanglement sudden death will occur in amplitude damping channel. Our study shows that the entanglement sudden death will occur in the presence of Unruh effect accompanying the decoherence. In addition, our results show that the amplitude damping channel has more remarkable impacts than the dephasing channel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effects of Quantum decoherence on Dirac fields in an accelerated frame are studied beyond the single-mode approximation. The decoherence phenomena are investigated through the quantum channel approach using the amplitude damping channel and the dephasing one. The entanglement and purity are two distinct quantum features which are investigated. We have assumed that only the non-inertial observer experiences decoherence phenomena. The associated effects of the acceleration, damping rate, and dephasing rate are considered. It is found that acceleration and decoherence rates will decrease the degree of entanglement and purity. It turns out that beyond the single-mode approximation, the maximal entangled state cannot be achieved. Moreover, a comparison between the damping and dephasing processes is done which reveals the fact that damping effects on the entanglement are stronger than dephasing effects, whereas dephasing has stronger effects on the purity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study the spin-bosonic model, with and without tunneling terms, in detail. The spin-bosonic model without tunneling is studied by using the thermofield dynamics approach. Indeed, by considering temperature, we show that environmental states, while they become entangled with system, approach thermal coherent states with different phases. In addition, by considering the tunneling term, we study the interplay of the environmental cut-off frequency as well as the impacts of environmental temperature on the quantum speed limit in both cases, i.e., spin-boson system with and without tunneling term. In these studies, we indicate temperature play more important role in compare with cut-off frequency to control the quantumness of a spin system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Photon-number statistics of the emitted photons from a quantum dot placed in the vicinity of a metallic nanoparticle driven by a laser in the non-Markovian regime is investigated theoretically. In the model scheme, the quantum dot is considered as an InAs three-level system in L-type configuration with two transition channels. We aim to introduce the hybrid system as a nonclassical photon source and control the antibunching behavior of the emitted photons by the geometrical as well as the physical parameters of the hybrid system. Our approach is based on the classical Green’s function technique and time convolution master equation. The results reveal that the emitted photons from the hybrid system under consideration are antibunched and energy is exchanged between the QD and nanoshell. By increasing the QD-MNP separation distance, the detuning frequency between the QD transitions and surface plasmon modes, and the Rabi frequency the antibunching time increases while the backaction of the reservoir on the QD decreases. To sum up, we conclude that the studied system has the potential to be a highly controllable single-photon source. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]