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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., Vuletić, V., Lukin, M. D.·2014·Nature

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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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Authors
Tiecke, T. G., Thompson, J. D., de Leon, N. P., Liu, L. R., Vuletić, V., & Lukin, M. D.
Venue
Nature
Published
2014-04-09
Volume
508
Issue
7495
Pages
241-244
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
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558
References
5
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32.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Tiecke, T. G., Thompson, J. D., de Leon, N. P., Liu, L. R., Vuletić, V., & Lukin, M. D. (2014). Nanophotonic quantum phase switch with a single atom. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13188

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