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Nonlinear Optics

Demonstration of Deterministic Photon-Photon Interactions with a Single Atom

S. Rosenblum, Itay Shomroni, Orel Bechler, Yulia Lovsky, Gabriel Guendelman, Barak Dayan

Published Jan 1, 2015• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate deterministic photon-atom and photon-photon interactions with a single atom coupled to a high-Q fiber-coupled microresonator. Based on Deterministic One Photon Raman Interaction (DOPRI), this scheme can form the basis for all-optical quantum information processing.
DOI
10.1364/nlo.2015.nw2a.1

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