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Guohao Chang

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Collectively Enhanced Universal Photon Blockade

High-purity and bright single-photon sources are important for quantum information processing and precision measurement. We propose a collectively enhanced universal photon-blockade scheme in a multi-emitter two-photon Tavis--Cummings system. Independent coherent drives of the cavity and collective emitter enable destructive interference between two-photon excitation pathways, while collective coupling supplies level anharmonicity. Full-quantum master-equation simulations, the Holstein--Primakoff approximation, and a non-Hermitian probability-amplitude analysis yield the optimal conditions: cavity resonance together with phase and amplitude matching. Compared with a purely collective blockade, the proposed scheme lowers \(g^{(2)}(0)\), and essentially preserves the single-photon population. As the emitter number \(N\) increases, the optimal point remains at \(\Delta_c=0\), while the minimum correlation follows \(g_{\min}^{(2)}(0)\propto N^{-2}\). By contrast, unconventional photon blockade shifts away from resonance as \(N\) increases, limiting its purity improvement and brightness. In the weak-drive regime, universal blockade obeys \(g^{(2)}(0)\propto\varepsilon_a^2\), owing to a higher-order bypass through the three-excitation manifold. The drive strength therefore provides an additional purity--brightness control, although the interference mechanism makes the scheme more sensitive to dissipation-rate mismatch. Our results establish a scalable route to bright, high-purity, and tunable single-photon emission in multi-emitter cavity-QED systems.

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Robust Universal Photon Blockade in a Bimodal Jaynes-Cummings Model via Kerr Nonlinearity

Universal photon blockade in a two-mode Jaynes-Cummings model incorporating third-order Kerr nonlinearity is demonstrated with a single two-level atom coupled to a waveguide microcavity. Realization of this universal photon blockade is attributed to the cooperative effects of field-atom coupling and Kerr nonlinearity. More importantly, this antibunching is found to be robust against the atomic spontaneous emission, driving field strength, and defect-induced cavity mode coupling. The strong antibunching effect in this resonance-driven scheme is essentially different from those without Kerr nonlinearity. Moreover, this work expands the platform for achieving universal photon blockade and reveals the cooperative advantages of nonlinearities in enhancing the purity and brightness of single-photon sources, representing a novel strategy toward high-performance single-photon sources in integrated quantum optical devices.

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