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Microwave control of the interaction between two optical photons

Maxwell, D; Szwer, D.J.; Barato, D.P.; Busche, H.; Pritchard, J.D.; Gauguet, A; Jones, M.P.A.; Adams, C.S.

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Authors

D Maxwell

D.J. Szwer

D.P. Barato

H. Busche

J.D. Pritchard

A Gauguet

M.P.A. Jones



Abstract

A microwave field is used to control the interaction between pairs of optical photons stored in highly excited collective states (Rydberg polaritons). We show that strong dipole-dipole interactions induced by the microwave field destroy the coherence of polariton modes with more than one Rydberg excitation. Consequently, single-polariton modes, which correspond to single stored photons, are preferentially retrieved from the sample. Measurements of the photon statistics of the retrieved light field also reveal nontrivial propagation dynamics of the interacting polaritons.

Citation

Maxwell, D., Szwer, D., Barato, D., Busche, H., Pritchard, J., Gauguet, A., …Adams, C. (2014). Microwave control of the interaction between two optical photons. Physical Review A, 89(4), Article 043827. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.89.043827

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Apr 16, 2014
Publication Date Apr 16, 2014
Deposit Date Aug 19, 2013
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Physical Review A
Print ISSN 1050-2947
Electronic ISSN 1094-1622
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 89
Issue 4
Article Number 043827
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.89.043827

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Reprinted with permission from the American Physical Society: Maxwell, D and Szwer, D. J. and Barato, D. P. and Busche, H. and Pritchard, J. D. and Gauguet, A and Jones, M. P. A. and Adams, C. S. (2014) 'Microwave control of the interaction between two optical photons.', Physical review A., 89 (4). 043827 © 2014 by the American Physical Society. Readers may view, browse, and/or download material for temporary copying purposes only, provided these uses are for noncommercial personal purposes. Except as provided by law, this material may not be further reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, adapted, performed, displayed, published, or sold in whole or part, without prior written permission from the American Physical Society.





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