Electromagnetically induced transparency at a chiral exceptional point

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Auteurs principaux: Wang, Changqing, Jiang, Xuefeng, Zhao, Guangming, Zhang, Mengzhen, Hsu, Chia Wei, Peng, Bo, Stone, A. Douglas, Jiang, Liang, Yang, Lan
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author Wang, Changqing
Jiang, Xuefeng
Zhao, Guangming
Zhang, Mengzhen
Hsu, Chia Wei
Peng, Bo
Stone, A. Douglas
Jiang, Liang
Yang, Lan
author_facet Wang, Changqing
Jiang, Xuefeng
Zhao, Guangming
Zhang, Mengzhen
Hsu, Chia Wei
Peng, Bo
Stone, A. Douglas
Jiang, Liang
Yang, Lan
contents Electromagnetically induced transparency, as a quantum interference effect to eliminate optical absorption in an opaque medium, has found extensive applications in slow light generation, optical storage, frequency conversion, optical quantum memory as well as enhanced nonlinear interactions at the few-photon level in all kinds of systems. Recently, there have been great interests in exceptional points, a spectral singularity that could be reached by tuning various parameters in open systems, to render unusual features to the physical systems, such as optical states with chirality. Here we theoretically and experimentally study transparency and absorption modulated by chiral optical states at exceptional points in an indirectly-coupled resonator system. By tuning one resonator to an exceptional point, transparency or absorption occurs depending on the chirality of the eigenstate. Our results demonstrate a new strategy to manipulate the light flow and the spectra of a photonic resonator system by exploiting a discrete optical state associated with specific chirality at an exceptional point as a unique control bit, which opens up a new horizon of controlling slow light using optical states. Compatible with the idea of state control in quantum gate operation, this strategy hence bridges optical computing and storage.
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spellingShingle Electromagnetically induced transparency at a chiral exceptional point
Wang, Changqing
Jiang, Xuefeng
Zhao, Guangming
Zhang, Mengzhen
Hsu, Chia Wei
Peng, Bo
Stone, A. Douglas
Jiang, Liang
Yang, Lan
Optics
Systems and Control
Classical Physics
Quantum Physics
Electromagnetically induced transparency, as a quantum interference effect to eliminate optical absorption in an opaque medium, has found extensive applications in slow light generation, optical storage, frequency conversion, optical quantum memory as well as enhanced nonlinear interactions at the few-photon level in all kinds of systems. Recently, there have been great interests in exceptional points, a spectral singularity that could be reached by tuning various parameters in open systems, to render unusual features to the physical systems, such as optical states with chirality. Here we theoretically and experimentally study transparency and absorption modulated by chiral optical states at exceptional points in an indirectly-coupled resonator system. By tuning one resonator to an exceptional point, transparency or absorption occurs depending on the chirality of the eigenstate. Our results demonstrate a new strategy to manipulate the light flow and the spectra of a photonic resonator system by exploiting a discrete optical state associated with specific chirality at an exceptional point as a unique control bit, which opens up a new horizon of controlling slow light using optical states. Compatible with the idea of state control in quantum gate operation, this strategy hence bridges optical computing and storage.
title Electromagnetically induced transparency at a chiral exceptional point
topic Optics
Systems and Control
Classical Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.03552