Nanophotonic quantum phase switch with a single atom
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Tiecke, T. G.
Thompson, J. D.
de Leon, N. P.
Liu, L. R.
Lukin, M. D.
Vuletic, Vladan
Date Issued
April 2014
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Nature
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Nature Publishing Group
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Tiecke, T. G., J. D. Thompson, N. P. de Leon, L. R. Liu, V. Vuletic, and M. D. Lukin. “Nanophotonic Quantum Phase Switch with a Single Atom.” Nature 508, no. 7495 (April 9, 2014): 241–244.
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By analogy to transistors in classical electronic circuits, quantum optical switches are important elements of quantum circuits and quantum networks. Operated at the fundamental limit where a single quantum of light or matter controls another field or material system, such a switch may enable applications such as long-distance quantum communication, distributed quantum information processing and metrology, and the exploration of novel quantum states of matter. Here, by strongly coupling a photon to a single atom trapped in the near field of a nanoscale photonic crystal cavity, we realize a system in which a single atom switches the phase of a photon and a single photon modifies the atom’s phase. We experimentally demonstrate an atom-induced optical phase shift that is nonlinear at the two-photon level, a photon number router that separates individual photons and photon pairs into different output modes, and a single-photon switch in which a single ‘gate’ photon controls the propagation of a subsequent probe field. These techniques pave the way to integrated quantum nanophotonic networks involving multiple atomic nodes connected by guided light.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
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