Proposal for a quantum traveling Brillouin resonator
| Autor: | Walter W. Wasserman, Yasmine L. Sfendla, Christopher G. Baker, Glen I. Harris, Warwick P. Bowen, A. Sawadsky |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Quantum fluid
Photon FOS: Physical sciences Physics::Optics 02 engineering and technology 7. Clean energy 01 natural sciences Waveguide (optics) 010309 optics Resonator Optics Brillouin scattering 0103 physical sciences Quantum information Physics Quantum Physics business.industry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Brillouin zone Quantum Physics (quant-ph) 0210 nano-technology business Superfluid helium-4 Physics - Optics Optics (physics.optics) |
| Zdroj: | Optics Express. 28:22450 |
| ISSN: | 1094-4087 |
| DOI: | 10.1364/oe.397478 |
| Popis: | Brillouin systems operating in the quantum regime have recently been identified as a valuable tool for quantum information technologies and fundamental science. However, reaching the quantum regime is extraordinarily challenging, owing to the stringent requirements of combining low thermal occupation with low optical and mechanical dissipation, and large coherent phonon-photon interactions. Here, we propose an on-chip liquid based Brillouin system that is predicted to exhibit ultra-high coherent phonon-photon coupling with exceptionally low acoustic dissipation. The system is comprised of a silicon-based "slot" waveguide filled with superfluid helium. This type of waveguide supports optical and acoustical traveling waves, strongly confining both fields into a subwavelength-scale mode volume. It serves as the foundation of an on-chip traveling wave Brillouin resonator with a single photon optomechanical coupling rate exceeding $240$kHz. Such devices may enable applications ranging from ultra-sensitive superfluid-based gyroscopes, to non-reciprocal optical circuits. Furthermore, this platform opens up new possibilities to explore quantum fluid dynamics in a strongly interacting condensate. Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, 1 table |
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