Anomalous transparency of photons in non-Markovian coupled waveguides

Abstract The transmission of photons through a pair of coupled single-mode waveguides is studied in detail. It is assumed that one of the waveguides is coupled to a non-Markovian reservoir, described by a Lorentzian spectrum distribution. We identified four distinct regimes for the transmission coefficient and found that, in some conditions, it is more efficient to launch the photons in the lossy waveguide to achieve high transmission. We also report on a loss-induced transparency effect that is induced by the distribution of the frequencies present in the reservoir.