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Frontiers in Optics

Manipulating two-photon absorption of cavity polaritons by entangled photon

Bing Gu, Shaul Mukamel

Published Jan 1, 2020• 0 citations
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Abstract

Two-photon excitations of a polaritonic system with many molecules in an optical cavity can be manipulated by quantum light. The photon entanglement modifies the quantum interference of transition pathways with different intermediate polaritons.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2020.fw5b.5

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