Title :
Switching and Counting With Atomic Vapors in Photonic-Crystal Fibers
Author :
Peyronel, Thibault ; Bajcsy, Michal ; Hofferberth, Sebastian ; Balic, Vlatko ; Hafezi, Mohammad ; Liang, Qiyu ; Zibrov, Alexander ; Vuletic, Vladan ; Lukin, Mikhail D.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We review our recent experiments demonstrating a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber loaded with laser-cooled atomic vapor as a system for all-optical switching with pulses containing few hundred photons. Additionally, we discuss the outlooks for improving the efficiency of this switching scheme and present preliminary results geared toward using the system as a photon-number resolving detector.
Keywords :
holey fibres; laser cooling; optical switches; photodetectors; photon counting; photonic crystals; all-optical switching; hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber; laser-cooled atomic vapor; photon counting; photon-number resolving detector; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Optical switches; Photonics; Probes; All-optical switching; electromagnetically induced transparency; laser-cooled atoms in hollow-waveguides; photon number detection;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2196414
