  The purpose of this paper is to study the dynamics of a coherent feedback
network where two two-level atoms are coupled with a semi-infinite waveguide.
In this set-up, the two-level atoms can work as the photon source, and the
photons can be emitted into the waveguide via the nonchiral or chiral couplings
between the atom and the waveguide, according to whether the coupling strengths
between the atoms and different directional propagating modes in the waveguide
are identical or not. For the photon emitted by one of the two atoms, it can be
reflected by the terminal mirror, or interact with the other atom, and then the
photon can re-interact with the former atom. When the two atoms are both
initially excited, finally there can be two-photon, one-photon or zero-photon
states in the waveguide via the spontaneous emission and feedback interactions,
and this is influenced by the locations of the atoms and the chirality of the
coupling between the atom and the waveguide. Similarly, if only one of the two
atoms is initially excited, there can be zero or one photon in the waveguide.
Thus we can control the number of the photons in the waveguide and the atomic
states by tuning the feedback loop length and the chiral couplings between the
atom and waveguide. The photonic state in the waveguide is analyzed in the
frequency domain and the spatial domain, and the transient process of photon
emissions can be better understood based on the comprehensive analysis in these
two domains.
