Slow Light: Novel Techniques for Optical Signal Processing Based on Stationary Pulses Of Light
Abstract
Key progress includes demonstration of a fiber-optical switch that is activated at tiny energies corresponding to few hundred optical photons per pulse. This is achieved by simultaneously confining both photons and a small laser-cooled ensemble of atoms inside the microscopic hollow core of a single-mode photonic crystal fiber and using quantum optical techniques for generating slow light propagation and large nonlinear interaction between light beams. In addition, we demonstrated a strong coupling between NV centers and photonic crystal nanocavity suitable for experiments on single photon nonlinear optics. Finally we developed a new all-electrical surface plasmon (SPP) detection technique based on the near-field coupling between guided plasmons and a nanowire field-effect transistor and realized a new quantum optical medium based on buffer-gas cooled Rb vapor cell.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 21, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA561808
Entities
People
- Mikhail Lukin
Organizations
- Harvard University