Polarization Oscillations in Birefringent Emitter-Cavity Systems
We present the effects of resonator birefringence on the cavity-enhanced interfacing of quantum states of light and matter, including the first observation of single photons with a time-dependent polarization state that evolves within their coherence time. A theoretical model is introduced and exper...
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| author | Barrett, T Barter, O Stuart, D Yuen, B Kuhn, A |
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| description | We present the effects of resonator birefringence on the cavity-enhanced interfacing of quantum states of light and matter, including the first observation of single photons with a time-dependent polarization state that evolves within their coherence time. A theoretical model is introduced and experimentally verified by the modified polarization of temporally long single photons emitted from a 87 Rb atom coupled to a high-finesse optical cavity by a vacuum-stimulated Raman adiabatic passage process. Further theoretical investigation shows how a change in cavity birefringence can both impact the atom-cavity coupling and engender starkly different polarization behavior in the emitted photons. With polarization a key resource for encoding quantum states of light and modern micron-scale cavities particularly prone to birefringence, the consideration of these effects is vital to the faithful realization of efficient and coherent emitter-photon interfaces for distributed quantum networking and communications. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:11dfe591-8e12-4bc4-810c-678082d9de602022-03-26T10:04:37ZPolarization Oscillations in Birefringent Emitter-Cavity SystemsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:11dfe591-8e12-4bc4-810c-678082d9de60Symplectic Elements at OxfordAmerican Physical Society2019Barrett, TBarter, OStuart, DYuen, BKuhn, AWe present the effects of resonator birefringence on the cavity-enhanced interfacing of quantum states of light and matter, including the first observation of single photons with a time-dependent polarization state that evolves within their coherence time. A theoretical model is introduced and experimentally verified by the modified polarization of temporally long single photons emitted from a 87 Rb atom coupled to a high-finesse optical cavity by a vacuum-stimulated Raman adiabatic passage process. Further theoretical investigation shows how a change in cavity birefringence can both impact the atom-cavity coupling and engender starkly different polarization behavior in the emitted photons. With polarization a key resource for encoding quantum states of light and modern micron-scale cavities particularly prone to birefringence, the consideration of these effects is vital to the faithful realization of efficient and coherent emitter-photon interfaces for distributed quantum networking and communications. |
| spellingShingle | Barrett, T Barter, O Stuart, D Yuen, B Kuhn, A Polarization Oscillations in Birefringent Emitter-Cavity Systems |
| title | Polarization Oscillations in Birefringent Emitter-Cavity Systems |
| title_full | Polarization Oscillations in Birefringent Emitter-Cavity Systems |
| title_fullStr | Polarization Oscillations in Birefringent Emitter-Cavity Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polarization Oscillations in Birefringent Emitter-Cavity Systems |
| title_short | Polarization Oscillations in Birefringent Emitter-Cavity Systems |
| title_sort | polarization oscillations in birefringent emitter cavity systems |
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