Photon holes

Alex Hayat, Pavel Ginzburg, David Neiman +2 more

We propose a photon-hole quantum nondemolition measurement system by electromagnetically-induced transparency. The photon-hole disrupts the destructive interference of electron transitions, resulting in drive photon absorption, while preserving the photon-hole state.

M. Bertolotti

Joachim Piprek

Alex Hayat, Pavel Ginzburg, David Neiman +2 more

We propose a quantum nondemolition measurement of photon-holes by electromagnetically-induced transparency schemes. Upon photon-hole arrival the destructive interference of electron transition amplitudes is destroyed, resulting in absorption of a drive photon preserving the photon-hole state.

Gabriel Molina‐Terriza, Juan P. Torres, Lluís Torner

Serge Rosenblum, Alex Hayat, Pavel Ginzburg +2 more

We propose a scheme for quantum nondemolition measurement of photon holes based on electromagnetically induced transparency, which allows direct nondestructive detection of the photon holes. We analyze a scheme based on interaction of a photon hole signal and a coherent probe field with a three-level atomic medium. Using recent advances in electromagnetically induced transparency technology, we show that the measurement is nondestructive for very weak photon hole signals.