Purification of a single-photon nonlinearity

H. Snijders; J. A. Frey; J. Norman; M. P. Bakker; E. C. Langman; A. Gossard; J. E. Bowers; M. P. van Exter; D. Bouwmeester; W. Löffler

doi:10.1038/ncomms12578

Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Purification of a single-photon nonlinearity

H. Snijders,
J. A. Frey,
J. Norman,
M. P. Bakker,
E. C. Langman,
A. Gossard,
J. E. Bowers,
M. P. van Exter,
D. Bouwmeester,
W. Löffler

Affiliations

H. Snijders: Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University
J. A. Frey: Department of Physics, University of California
J. Norman: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California
M. P. Bakker: Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University
E. C. Langman: Department of Physics, University of California
A. Gossard: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California
J. E. Bowers: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California
M. P. van Exter: Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University
D. Bouwmeester: Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University
W. Löffler: Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12578
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Single-photon optical nonlinearity is possible using an optical cavity to create strong coupling between a cavity mode and a two-level quantum system. Here, the authors demonstrate it is also possible in the weak-coupling regime by using quantum interference in a polarization-degenerate cavity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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