Accession Number:

ADA561808

Title:

Slow Light: Novel Techniques for Optical Signal Processing Based on Stationary Pulses Of Light

Descriptive Note:

Final performance rept. 16 Aug 2008-31 Aug 2010

Corporate Author:

HARVARD UNIV CAMBRIDGE MA DEPT OF PHYSICS

Personal Author(s):

• Lukin, Mikhail D.

Report Date:

2010-11-21

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

Key progress includes demonstration of a fiber-optical switch that is activated at tiny energies corresponding to few hundred optical photons per pulse. This is achieved by simultaneously confining both photons and a small laser-cooled ensemble of atoms inside the microscopic hollow core of a single-mode photonic crystal fiber and using quantum optical techniques for generating slow light propagation and large nonlinear interaction between light beams. In addition, we demonstrated a strong coupling between NV centers and photonic crystal nanocavity suitable for experiments on single photon nonlinear optics. Finally we developed a new all-electrical surface plasmon SPP detection technique based on the near-field coupling between guided plasmons and a nanowire field-effect transistor and realized a new quantum optical medium based on buffer-gas cooled Rb vapor cell.

Descriptors:

• *LIGHT PULSES
• *SIGNAL PROCESSING
• ATOMS
• FIBER OPTICS
• FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS
• LIGHT TRANSMISSION
• NONLINEAR SYSTEMS
• OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• PHOTONIC CRYSTALS
• PHOTONS
• PLASMONS
• QUANTUM THEORY
• SWITCHES
• VAPORS

Subject Categories:

• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE