Title :
Chip-based optical interactions with Rubidium vapor
Author :
Londero, Pablo ; Levy, Jacob ; Slepkov, Aaron ; Bhagwat, Amar ; Saha, Kasturi ; Venkataraman, Vivek ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate tightly confined interactions with Rb atoms on a chip of silicon nitride nanowires. Optical depths of 2 are observed, and absorption spectroscopy reveals strong effects of transit-time broadening and Van der Waals shifts.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light absorption; rubidium; silicon; visible spectroscopy; Rb; Van der Waals shifts; absorption spectroscopy; chip-based optical interactions; silicon nitride nanowires; transit-time broadening; Absorption; Atom optics; Nanowires; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
