Collective Strong Coupling of Thermal Atoms to Integrated Microring Resonators
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| author | Cheng, Xiaoyu Shnirman, Benyamin Köpf, Alexandra Yang, Guangcanlan Tang, Hong X. Alaeian, Hadiseh Pfau, Tilman Löw, Robert |
| author_facet | Cheng, Xiaoyu Shnirman, Benyamin Köpf, Alexandra Yang, Guangcanlan Tang, Hong X. Alaeian, Hadiseh Pfau, Tilman Löw, Robert |
| contents | Strong coupling between atomic ensembles and high-quality optical cavities enables collective and nonlinear phenomena that are central to cavity quantum electrodynamics (cQED). Although many experiments have been performed on this topic, most of them have focused on cold atoms. Here, we experimentally demonstrate collective strong coupling between thermal rubidium (Rb) vapor and high-quality silicon nitride microring resonators (MRRs) on an integrated photonic chip. We observe cavity mode splitting, with a measured collective coupling strength of $g_N/2π\approx 1\,\mathrm{GHz}$ and a collective cooperativity of $C_N\approx2$ at $110\,^\circ\mathrm{C}$, indicating coherent energy exchange between the atomic ensemble and the cavity mode despite rapid decoherence in the thermal vapor system. We infer an average of $20$ atoms participating in the collective interaction, yielding a single-atom cooperativity of $C_0=0.1$ and approaching the single-atom strong-coupling regime. Our results establish the integrated thermal vapor MRR platform as a robust, compact, and scalable system for studying collective and nonlinear phenomena in cQED. |
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| spellingShingle | Collective Strong Coupling of Thermal Atoms to Integrated Microring Resonators Cheng, Xiaoyu Shnirman, Benyamin Köpf, Alexandra Yang, Guangcanlan Tang, Hong X. Alaeian, Hadiseh Pfau, Tilman Löw, Robert Atomic Physics Strong coupling between atomic ensembles and high-quality optical cavities enables collective and nonlinear phenomena that are central to cavity quantum electrodynamics (cQED). Although many experiments have been performed on this topic, most of them have focused on cold atoms. Here, we experimentally demonstrate collective strong coupling between thermal rubidium (Rb) vapor and high-quality silicon nitride microring resonators (MRRs) on an integrated photonic chip. We observe cavity mode splitting, with a measured collective coupling strength of $g_N/2π\approx 1\,\mathrm{GHz}$ and a collective cooperativity of $C_N\approx2$ at $110\,^\circ\mathrm{C}$, indicating coherent energy exchange between the atomic ensemble and the cavity mode despite rapid decoherence in the thermal vapor system. We infer an average of $20$ atoms participating in the collective interaction, yielding a single-atom cooperativity of $C_0=0.1$ and approaching the single-atom strong-coupling regime. Our results establish the integrated thermal vapor MRR platform as a robust, compact, and scalable system for studying collective and nonlinear phenomena in cQED. |
| title | Collective Strong Coupling of Thermal Atoms to Integrated Microring Resonators |
| topic | Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24509 |