We show that waveguides with a dielectric core and a lossy metamaterial
cladding (metamaterial-dielectric guides) can support hybrid ordinary-surface
modes previously only known for metal-dielectric waveguides. These hybrid modes
are potentially useful for frequency filtering applications as sharp changes in
field attenuation occur at tailorable frequencies. Our results also show that
the surface modes of a metamaterial-dielectric waveguide with comparable
electric and magnetic losses can be less lossy than the surface modes of an
analogous metal-dielectric waveguide with electric losses alone. Through a
characterization of both slab and cylindrical metamaterial-dielectric guides,
we find that the surface modes of the cylindrical guides show promise as
candidates for all-optical control of low-intensity pulses.Comment: 15 pages, 11 figures. Accepted by Photonics and Nanostructures -
Fundamentals and Applications. This version: Title is extended. Section 3
(Modes) and 4 (Characterization) are revised. The abstract, discussion and
summary are also revised accordingl
Coherent pulse control for quantum memory is viable in the optical domain but nascent in microwave quantum circuits. We show how to realize coherent storage and on-demand pulse retrieval entirely within a superconducting circuit by exploiting and extending existing electromagnetically induced transparency technology in superconducting quantum circuits. Our scheme employs a linear array of superconducting artificial atoms coupled to a microwave transmission line.
Metamaterial is promising for enhancing the capability of plasmonic devices.
We consider a cylindrical waveguide with three-level \Lambda\ atoms embedded in
the dielectric core. By comparing metal cladding vs metamaterial cladding of a
waveguide with \Lambda\ atoms in the core, we show that, for a fixed amount of
slowing of light due to electromagnetically induced transparency, the
metamaterial cladding outperforms in terms of the inherent loss.Comment: 8 Pages, 6 figure
An optical quantum memory scheme using two narrow-linewidth cavities and some optical fibers is proposed. The cavities are connected via an optical fiber, and the gap of each cavity can be adjusted to allow photons with a certain bandwidth to transmit through or reflect back. Hence, each cavity acts as a shutter and the photons can be stored in the optical fiber between the cavities at will. We investigate the feasibility of using this device in storing a single photon. We estimate that with current technology storage of a photon qubit for up to 50 clock cycles ͑round trips͒ could be achieved with a probability of success of 85%. We discuss how this figure could be improved.
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