Saturated absorption at nanowatt power levels using metastable xenon in a high-finesse optical cavity
| Autor: | Todd B. Pittman, James D. Franson, G. T. Hickman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Xenon Materials science chemistry.chemical_element Physics::Optics FOS: Physical sciences law.invention Rubidium Finesse Optics law Metastability Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters Physics::Atomic Physics Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) Quantum optics Quantum Physics Photons business.industry Cross-phase modulation Dental Porcelain Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics chemistry Optical cavity Atomic physics business Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Algorithms Physics - Optics Optics (physics.optics) |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1404.0376 |
| Popis: | Strong saturated absorption at nanowatt power levels has been demonstrated using metastable xenon in a high-finesse optical cavity. The use of metastable xenon allows a high quality factor of Q=2*10^8 to be achieved at relatively high atomic densities without any contamination or damage to the optical surfaces, which is often a problem when using high-density rubidium or other alkali atoms. This technique provides a relatively straightforward way to produce nonlinearities at the single-photon level with possible applications in quantum communications and computing. Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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