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Chiral quantum optics

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  • Peter Lodahl

    (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)

  • Sahand Mahmoodian

    (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)

  • Søren Stobbe

    (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)

  • Arno Rauschenbeutel

    (Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU Wien)

  • Philipp Schneeweiss

    (Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU Wien)

  • Jürgen Volz

    (Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU Wien)

  • Hannes Pichler

    (Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck
    Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences)

  • Peter Zoller

    (Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck
    Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Advanced photonic nanostructures are currently revolutionizing the optics and photonics that underpin applications ranging from light technology to quantum-information processing. The strong light confinement in these structures can lock the local polarization of the light to its propagation direction, leading to propagation-direction-dependent emission, scattering and absorption of photons by quantum emitters. The possibility of such a propagation-direction-dependent, or chiral, light–matter interaction is not accounted for in standard quantum optics and its recent discovery brought about the research field of chiral quantum optics. The latter offers fundamentally new functionalities and applications: it enables the assembly of non-reciprocal single-photon devices that can be operated in a quantum superposition of two or more of their operational states and the realization of deterministic spin–photon interfaces. Moreover, engineered directional photonic reservoirs could lead to the development of complex quantum networks that, for example, could simulate novel classes of quantum many-body systems.

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  • Peter Lodahl & Sahand Mahmoodian & Søren Stobbe & Arno Rauschenbeutel & Philipp Schneeweiss & Jürgen Volz & Hannes Pichler & Peter Zoller, 2017. "Chiral quantum optics," Nature, Nature, vol. 541(7638), pages 473-480, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:541:y:2017:i:7638:d:10.1038_nature21037
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21037
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