Monday, April 29, 2013

1304.7266 (H. Kübler et al.)

Exploiting Rydberg Atom Surface Phonon Polariton Coupling for Single
Photon Subtraction
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H. Kübler, D. Booth, J. Sedlacek, P. Zabawa, J. P. Shaffer
We investigate a hybrid quantum system that consists of a superatom coupled to a surface phonon-polariton. We apply this hybrid quantum system to subtract individual photons from a beam of light. Rydberg atom blockade is used to attain absorption of a single photon by an atomic microtrap. Surface phonon-polariton coupling to the superatom then triggers the transfer of the excitation to a storage state, a single Rydberg atom. The approach utilizes the interaction between a superatom and a Markovian bath that acts as a controlled decoherence mechanism to irreversibly project the superatom state into a single Rydberg atom state that can be read out.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.7266

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