Master equation approach for interacting slow- and stationary-light polaritons

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A master equation approach for the description of dark-state polaritons in coherently driven atomic media is presented.

• This technique provides a description of light-matter interactions under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) that is well suited for the treatment of polariton losses.
• The master equation approach allows us to describe general polariton-polariton interactions that may be conservative, dissipative or a mixture of both.
• In particular, it enables us to study dissipation-induced correlations as a means for the creation of strongly correlated polariton systems.