Millisecond Photon Lifetime in a Slow-Light Microcavity

Huet, Vincent; Rasoloniaina, Alphonse; Guillemé, Pierre; Rochard, Philippe; Féron, Patrice; Mortier, Michel; Levenson, Ariel; Bencheikh, Kamel; Yacomotti, A. M.; Dumeige, Yannick

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“…2 as function of the optical detuning ∆/κ and the angular velocity Ω. We assume ∆ L = ∆ R − δ = ∆, κ L = κ R = κ and use experimentally feasible parameters [52,78,[86][87][88][89][90]; that is, λ = 1550 nm, Q L = 3 × 10 7 , r = 0.3 mm, n = 1.44, m = 5 × 10 −11 kg, P in = 2 × 10 −17 W. Q L is typically 10 6 − 10 12 [88][89][90], g is typically 10 3 − 10 6 Hz [78,87,88] in optical microresonators, and g (2) L (0) ∼ 0.37 [36,37] was experimentally achieved. J can be adjusted by changing the distance of the double resonators [69].…”

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Nonreciprocal unconventional photon blockade in a spinning optomechanical system

Huang

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Photon. Res.

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We propose how to achieve quantum nonreciprocity via unconventional photon blockade (UPB) in a compound device consisting of an optical harmonic resonator and a spinning optomechanical resonator. We show that, even with a very weak single-photon nonlinearity, nonreciprocal UPB can emerge in this system, i.e., strong photon antibunching can emerge only by driving the device from one side, but not from the other side. This nonreciprocity results from the Fizeau drag, leading to different splitting of the resonance frequencies for the optical counter-circulating modes. Such quantum nonreciprocal devices can be particularly useful in achieving back-action-free quantum sensing or chiral photonic communications. * miran@amu.edu.pl † jinghui73@gmail.com light, which is optimally sub-Poissonian in second order, g 2 (0) ≈ 0, and is generated in a weakly-nonlinear system allowing for multi-path interference (e.g., two linearlycoupled cavities, when one of them is also weakly coupled to a two-level atom). Thus, PB and UPB are induced by different effects: PB due to a large system nonlinearity and UPB via multi-path interference assuming even an extremely-weak system nonlinearity. Note that light generated via UPB can exhibit higher-order super-Poissonian photon-number statistics, g (n) (0) > 1 for some n > 2. Thus, UPB is, in general, not a good source of single photons. This short comparison of PB and UPB indicates that the term UPB, as coined in Ref.[39] and now commonly accepted, is fundamentally different from PB, concerning their physical mechanisms and properties of their generated light.Here, we propose to achieve and control nonreciprocal UPB with spinning devices. Nonreciprocal devices allow for the flow of light from one side but block it from the other. Thus, such devices can be applied in noisefree quantum information signal processing and quantum communication for cancelling interfering signals [40]. Nonreciprocal optical devices have been realized in OM devices [40][41][42], Kerr resonators [43][44][45], thermo systems [46][47][48], devices with temporal modulation [49,50], and non-Hermitian systems [51][52][53]. In a very recent experiment [54], 99.6% optical isolation in a spinning resonator has been achieved based on the optical Sagnac effect. However, these studies have mainly focused on the classical regimes; that is, unidirectional control of transmission rates instead of quantum noises. We also note that in recent works, single-photon diodes [55][56][57], unidirectional quantum amplifiers [58][59][60][61][62], and one-way quantum routers [63] have been explored. In particular, nonreciprocal PB was predicted in a Kerr resonator [64] or a quadratic OM system [65], which, however, relies on the conventional condition of strong single-photon nonlinearity. These quantum nonreciprocal devices have potential applications for quantum control of light in chiral and topological quantum technologies [66].

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Nonreciprocal unconventional photon blockade in a spinning optomechanical system

Huang

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Photon. Res.

198

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“…Coupled non-Hermitian microcavities are also used for study of chiral modes in exciton-polariton condensates [7], as well as for modeling coupled circular traps for Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC), where gain corresponds to adding atoms while nonlinear losses occurs due to inelastic two-body interactions. They can also be realized in nanoplasmonic systems [8] and slow-light optical microcavities [9].…”

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Vortex Creation without Stirring in Coupled Ring Resonators with Gain and Loss

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We present study of the dynamics of two ring waveguide structure with space dependent coupling, linear gain and nonlinear absorption -the system that can be implemented in polariton condensates, optical waveguides, and nanocavities. We show that by turning on and off local coupling between rings one can selectively generate permanent vortex in one of the rings. We find that due to the modulation instability it is also possible to observe several complex nonlinear phenomena, including spontaneous symmetry breaking, stable inhomogeneous states with interesting structure of currents flowing between rings, generation of stable symmetric and asymmetric circular flows with various vorticities, etc. The latter can be created in pairs (for relatively narrow coupling length) or as single vortex in one of the channels, that is later alternating between channels.

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“…The photon-number probability P (n) = n|ρ ss |n can be obtained for the steady-state solutionsρ ss of the master equation. The experimentally accessible parameters are chosen as [89][90][91][92][93]: V eff = 150 µm 3 , Q = 5 × 10 9 , n 2 = 3 × 10 −14 m 2 /W, n 0 = 1.4, P in = 2 fW, r = 30 µm, and λ = 1550 nm. V eff is typically 10 2 -10 4 µm 3 [89,90], Q is typically 10 9 -10 12 [91,92], and g (2) (0) as low as ∼ 0.13 was achieved experimentally [33].…”

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Nonreciprocal Photon Blockade

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We propose how to create and manipulate one-way nonclassical light via photon blockade in rotating nonlinear devices. We refer to this effect as nonreciprocal photon blockade (PB). Specifically, we show that in a spinning Kerr resonator, PB happens when the resonator is driven in one direction but not the other. This occurs because of the Fizeau drag, leading to a full split of the resonance frequencies of the countercirculating modes. Different types of purely quantum correlations, such as single-and two-photon blockades, can emerge in different directions in a wellcontrolled manner, and the transition from PB to photon-induced tunneling is revealed as well. Our work opens up a new route to achieve quantum nonreciprocal devices, which are crucial elements in chiral quantum technologies or topological photonics.

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Millisecond Photon Lifetime in a Slow-Light Microcavity

Cited by 75 publications

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Nonreciprocal unconventional photon blockade in a spinning optomechanical system

Nonreciprocal unconventional photon blockade in a spinning optomechanical system

Vortex Creation without Stirring in Coupled Ring Resonators with Gain and Loss

Nonreciprocal Photon Blockade

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