All-Optical Switch and Transistor Gated by One Stored Photon
The realization of an all-optical transistor, in which one “gate” photon controls a “source” light beam, is a long-standing goal in optics. By stopping a light pulse in an atomic ensemble contained inside an optical resonator, we realized a device in which one stored gate photon controls the resonat...
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| author | Chen, Wenlan Beck, Kristin Marie Bucker, Robert Gullans, Michael Lukin, Mikhail D. Tanji-Suzuki, Haruka Vuletic, Vladan |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Chen, Wenlan Beck, Kristin Marie Bucker, Robert Gullans, Michael Lukin, Mikhail D. Tanji-Suzuki, Haruka Vuletic, Vladan |
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| description | The realization of an all-optical transistor, in which one “gate” photon controls a “source” light beam, is a long-standing goal in optics. By stopping a light pulse in an atomic ensemble contained inside an optical resonator, we realized a device in which one stored gate photon controls the resonator transmission of subsequently applied source photons. A weak gate pulse induces bimodal transmission distribution, corresponding to zero and one gate photons. One stored gate photon produces fivefold source attenuation and can be retrieved from the atomic ensemble after switching more than one source photon. Without retrieval, one stored gate photon can switch several hundred source photons. With improved storage and retrieval efficiency, our work may enable various new applications, including photonic quantum gates and deterministic multiphoton entanglement. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/916802022-10-01T08:54:46Z All-Optical Switch and Transistor Gated by One Stored Photon Chen, Wenlan Beck, Kristin Marie Bucker, Robert Gullans, Michael Lukin, Mikhail D. Tanji-Suzuki, Haruka Vuletic, Vladan Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics Vuletic, Vladan Chen, Wenlan Beck, Kristin Marie Bucker, Robert Tanji-Suzuki, Haruka Vuletic, Vladan The realization of an all-optical transistor, in which one “gate” photon controls a “source” light beam, is a long-standing goal in optics. By stopping a light pulse in an atomic ensemble contained inside an optical resonator, we realized a device in which one stored gate photon controls the resonator transmission of subsequently applied source photons. A weak gate pulse induces bimodal transmission distribution, corresponding to zero and one gate photons. One stored gate photon produces fivefold source attenuation and can be retrieved from the atomic ensemble after switching more than one source photon. Without retrieval, one stored gate photon can switch several hundred source photons. With improved storage and retrieval efficiency, our work may enable various new applications, including photonic quantum gates and deterministic multiphoton entanglement. National Science Foundation (U.S.) United States. Air Force Office of Scientific Research National Science Foundation (U.S.). Graduate Research Fellowship (0645960) Austrian Science Fund (Doctoral Program CoQuS W1210) 2014-11-21T18:39:03Z 2014-11-21T18:39:03Z 2013-07 2013-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0036-8075 1095-9203 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91680 Chen, W., K. M. Beck, R. Bucker, M. Gullans, M. D. Lukin, H. Tanji-Suzuki, and V. Vuletic. “All-Optical Switch and Transistor Gated by One Stored Photon.” Science 341, no. 6147 (July 4, 2013): 768–770. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2486-4164 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-0538 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-5365 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1238169 Science Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Vuletic |
| spellingShingle | Chen, Wenlan Beck, Kristin Marie Bucker, Robert Gullans, Michael Lukin, Mikhail D. Tanji-Suzuki, Haruka Vuletic, Vladan All-Optical Switch and Transistor Gated by One Stored Photon |
| title | All-Optical Switch and Transistor Gated by One Stored Photon |
| title_full | All-Optical Switch and Transistor Gated by One Stored Photon |
| title_fullStr | All-Optical Switch and Transistor Gated by One Stored Photon |
| title_full_unstemmed | All-Optical Switch and Transistor Gated by One Stored Photon |
| title_short | All-Optical Switch and Transistor Gated by One Stored Photon |
| title_sort | all optical switch and transistor gated by one stored photon |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91680 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2486-4164 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-0538 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-5365 |
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