Storage and control of optical photons using Rydberg polaritons

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Maxwell, D. and Szwer, D. J. and Paredes-Barato, D. and Busche, H. and Pritchard, J. D. and Gauguet, A. and Weatherill, K. J. and Jones, M. P A and Adams, C. S. (2013) Storage and control of optical photons using Rydberg polaritons. Physical Review Letters, 110 (10). 103001. ISSN 1079-7114 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.103001)

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Abstract

We use a microwave field to control the quantum state of optical photons stored in a cold atomic cloud. The photons are stored in highly excited collective states (Rydberg polaritons) enabling both fast qubit rotations and control of photon-photon interactions. Through the collective read-out of these pseudospin rotations it is shown that the microwave field modifies the long-range interactions between polaritons. This technique provides a powerful interface between the microwave and optical domains, with applications in quantum simulations of spin liquids, quantum metrology and quantum networks.

ORCID iDs

Maxwell, D., Szwer, D. J., Paredes-Barato, D., Busche, H., Pritchard, J. D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2172-7340, Gauguet, A., Weatherill, K. J., Jones, M. P A and Adams, C. S.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:54234
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    8 March 2013
    Published
    4 March 2013
    Published Online
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:09 Sep 2015 10:52
    Last modified:22 Feb 2025 06:16
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/54234
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