Counting statistics of collective photon transmissions Original Research Article

We theoretically study cooperative effects in the steady-state transmission of photons through a medium of image radiators. Using methods from quantum transport, we find a cross-over in scaling from image to image in the current and to even higher powers of image in the higher cumulants of the photon counting statistics as a function of the tunable source occupation. The effect should be observable for atoms confined within a nano-cell with a pumped optical cavity as photon source.