Broadband tunable transmission non-reciprocity in thermal atoms dominated by two-photon transitions

Autor: Hui-Min Zhao, Di-Di Zheng, Xiao-Jun Zhang, Jin-Hui Wu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 26, Iss 4, p 043018 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ad3d7a
Popis: We propose a scheme for realizing broadband and tunable transmission non-reciprocity by utilizing two-photon near-resonant transitions in thermal atoms as single-photon far-detuned transitions can be eliminated. Our basic idea is to largely reduce the Doppler broadenings on a pair of two-photon, probe and coupling, transitions and meanwhile make the only four-photon transition Doppler-free (velocity-dependent) for a forward (backward) probe field. One main advantage of this scheme lies in that the transmission non-reciprocity can be realized and manipulated in a frequency range typically exceeding 200 MHz with isolation ratio above 20 dB and insertion loss below 1.0 dB by modulating an assistant field in frequency and amplitude. The intersecting angle between four applied fields also serves as an effective control knob to optimize the nonreciprocal transmission of a forward or backward probe field, e.g. in a much wider frequency range approaching 1.4 GHz.
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