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Quantum nonlinear optics with single photons enabled by strongly interacting atoms

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  • Thibault Peyronel

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Ofer Firstenberg

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Harvard University)

  • Qi-Yu Liang

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Sebastian Hofferberth

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Harvard University)

  • Alexey V. Gorshkov

    (Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology)

  • Thomas Pohl

    (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany)

  • Mikhail D. Lukin

    (Harvard University)

  • Vladan Vuletić

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

A cold, dense atomic gas is found to be optically nonlinear at the level of individual quanta, thereby opening possibilities for quantum-by-quantum control of light fields, including single-photon switching and deterministic quantum logic.

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  • Thibault Peyronel & Ofer Firstenberg & Qi-Yu Liang & Sebastian Hofferberth & Alexey V. Gorshkov & Thomas Pohl & Mikhail D. Lukin & Vladan Vuletić, 2012. "Quantum nonlinear optics with single photons enabled by strongly interacting atoms," Nature, Nature, vol. 488(7409), pages 57-60, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:488:y:2012:i:7409:d:10.1038_nature11361
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11361
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    1. Shuai Shi & Biao Xu & Kuan Zhang & Gen-Sheng Ye & De-Sheng Xiang & Yubao Liu & Jingzhi Wang & Daiqin Su & Lin Li, 2022. "High-fidelity photonic quantum logic gate based on near-optimal Rydberg single-photon source," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-6, December.

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