Phase Sensitive Photonic Flash

We theoretically propose a photonic flash based on a linearly coupled cavity system. Via driving the two side cavities by external fields, it forms a cyclic energy-level diagram and therefore the phase difference between the driving fields acts as a controller of the steady state due to the quantum interference effect. In the optical trimer structure, we show that the perfect photonic flash can be realized in the situation of resonant driving. The perfect photonic flash scheme is furthermore generalized to multiple coupled cavity system, where the cavities with odd and even number turn bright and dark alternatively. Our proposal may be applied for designing the quantum neon and realizing a controllable photonic localization.     

Charge controlled self-assembled quantum dots coupled to photonic crystal nanocavities

The system of charge controlled self-assembled quantum dots coupled to high-Q photonic crystal cavity modes is studied. The quantum dots are embedded in a p-i-n diode structure. Different designs of photonic crystal cavities are used, namely H1 and L3 and the Purcell effect is demonstrated. Furthermore, the fine tuning of the H1 cavity design is studied in order to achieve far field emission profiles that result in higher collection efficiency. An increase in the overall signal from the quantum dot when it is coupled to a cavity is observed, due to the Purcell effect and the improved collection efficiency. This together with the deterministic charging of the quantum dot that is demonstrated, can be used for a single electron spin measurement.     

Coupled cavity polaritons for switching and slow light applications

We derive the frequency response of a chain of weakly coupled cavities, loaded with three-level quantum systems; one transition of the quantum state is entangled with the cavity mode, and the other one is driven by an external field not related to any cavity mode. In a system composed of photonic crystals and quantum states, we can exploit two quantum optical effects: the first due to a totally destructive interference between an incoming field and the field radiated by a dipole in a cavity in Purcell regime, known as “dipole-induced reflectivity” (DIR) reminiscent of the “dipole-induced transparency” reported by Waks et al. [E. Waks, J. Vuckovic, Dipole induced transparency in Drop-Filter Cavity-Waveguide Systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 153601], and the “electromagnetic-induced transparency” (EIT) in a quantum state. We demonstrate that it is possible to design tunable flat response filters using external fields with different Rabi frequency values, and furnish the design guidelines for tunable delay lines with very large bandwidth.     

光纤耦合双光学腔系统的相干动力学

为了研究量子相干性在腔量子电动力学系统中的动力学和分布特性,基于两个各自捕获原子系综的光学腔建立了双光学腔系统,腔与腔之间由光纤耦合.利用相对熵度量的量子相干性,引入量子相干非平衡性的概念,分析了系统中相干动力学和光纤-腔耦合强度对相干性分布的影响.结果表明:在强耦合极限下,光纤-腔耦合强度的增加有利于保持两腔中的原子的整体相干性;光纤-腔耦合强度、原子-腔耦合强度以及原子数三个参数之间满足特定条件时,腔内的原子相干性可以传输至另一个腔.考虑腔、光纤及原子都存在耗散的情形,对比了不同耗散速率和非耗散情形下的相干性演化,发现耗散使得耦合双腔系统的相干性以及各个腔中的原子相干性发生衰减.     

Inhibition of Atomic Decay in Strongly Coupled Photonic Crystal Cavities

We discuss the evolution dynamics of a quantum system consisting of two two-level atoms separately embedded within two strongly coupled photonic crystal cavities.Although the quantum system is subjected to dissipation and decoherence from the cavity leakage and the atomic decay,it does allow for eigenstates that are not influenced by one of the two dissipation channels and results in dissipation-inhibition quantum states.These dissipationfree quantum states can help to achieve an extremely long photon and atom storage lifetime and provide a new perspective to realize efficient quantum information storage via reducing the negative influence of the dissipation from the environment.     

Phonon-mediated coupling of InGaAs/GaAs quantum-dot excitons to photonic crystal cavities

We demonstrate that the emission characteristics of site-controlled InGaAs/GaAs single quantum dots embedded in photonic crystal slab cavities correspond to single confined excitons coupled to cavity modes, unlike previous reports of similar systems based on self-assembled quantum dots. By using polarization-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy at different temperatures and a theoretical model, we show that the exciton-cavity interaction range is limited to the phonon sidebands. Photon-correlation and pump-power dependence experiments under nonresonant excitation conditions further establish that the cavity is fed only by a single exciton.     

Photon--photon interactions with inner coupled double-cavity

This paper describes the interaction between two spatial modes of the optical fields with a single atom trapped inner coupled double-cavity. Theoretical derivation and numerical simulation with the experimental available parameters show that photon-photon switching and π phase shift of single photons may be achieved with current experimental technology. As the probe and control fields are in different spatial modes, the system is superior for implementing cavity QED-based photonic quantum networks.     

Dissipation-induced topological phase transition and periodic-driving-induced photonic topological state transfer in a small optomechanical lattice

We propose a scheme to investigate the topological phase transition and the topological state transfer based on the small optomechanical lattice under the realistic parameters regime.We find that the optomechanical lattice can be equivalent to a topologically nontrivial Su-Schrieffer Heeger(SSH)model via designing the effective optomechanical coupling.Especially,the optomechanical lattice experiences the phase transition between topologically nontrivial SSH phase and topologically trivial SSH phase by controlling the decay of the cavity field and the opto mechanical coupling.We stress that the to pological phase transition is mainly induced by the decay of the cavity field,which is counter-intuitive since the dissipation is usually detrimental to the system.Also,we investigate the photonic state transfer between the two cavity fields via the topologically protected edge channel based on the small optomechanical lattice.We find that the quantum st ate transfer assisted by the topological zero energy mode can be achieved via implying the external lasers with the periodical driving amplitudes into the cavity fields.Our scheme provides the fundamental and the insightful explanations towards the mapping of the photonic topological insulator based on the micro-nano optomechanical quantum optical platform.     

偶极子位置及偏振对激发光子晶体H1微腔的影响

光子晶体微腔和量子点的集成是实现量子信息处理非常具有潜力的平台之一,利用微腔和量子点的耦合可以制备纠缠光子对,实现对量子态的操控.因为光子晶体微腔具有品质因子高、模场体积小等优点,可以极大地增强光与物质之间的相互作用,从而易于实现量子态在不同物理体系之间的转换.通过单量子点和光子晶体H1微腔的耦合可以产生纠缠光子对,因为H1微腔具有简并的、模式偏振正交的基态模式.通常微腔模式的激发随着量子点在微腔中的位置变化而改变,本文用时域有限差分方法研究了偶极子光源的位置及偏振对激发光子晶体H1微腔模式的影响.结果表明:通过改变偶极子光源位置可以选择性地激发H1微腔简并模式中的一个;具有某一偏振的偶极子光源只能激发相应偏振的微腔模式;模式激发强度的大小也是由偶极子光源在微腔中的位置决定的.鉴于目前量子点在微腔中的位置尚不能精确控制,所以微腔模式受激发光源位置的影响的研究具有重要意义.     

Optomechanical coupling between two optical cavities: Cooling of a micro-mirror and parametric normal mode splitting

We propose a technique aimed at cooling a harmonically oscillating mirror mechanically coupled to another vibrating mirror to its quantum mechanical ground state. Our method involves optomechanical coupling between two optical cavities. We show that the cooling can be controlled by the mechanical coupling strength between the two movable mirrors, the phase difference between the mechanical modes of the two oscillating mirrors and the photon number in each cavity. We also show that both mechanical and optical cooling can be achieved by transferring energy from one cavity to the other. We also analyze the occurrence of normal-mode splitting (NMS). We find that a hybridization of the two oscillating mirrors with the fluctuations of the two driving optical fields occurs and leads to a splitting of the mechanical and optical fluctuation spectra.     

Perfect State Transfer and Entanglement Generation with Coupled Cavities

We study atomic state transfer and entanglement generation when the N atomic ensemble is trapped in two coupled cavities. We show that based on the collective interaction between the atoms and local cavity fields an ideal quantum state transfer can be realized if some special conditions are satisfied. In addition, the maximal atom entangled state can be achieved. The effect of the cavity losses on the quantum processes is also studied.     

一种广义三模腔光机械系统的相干完美吸收与透射

提出了一种广义的三模式腔光机械系统,系统的中间是一个反射率为100%的可移动的全反射机械振子,两侧均由一个部分透射的固定光学腔镜构成.其中两个光学腔由一束较强的控制场和一束较弱的信号场驱动与同一个机械振子实现耦合.较弱的信号场将会被该系统完全吸收而不产生任何能量输出,并且当相干完美吸收产生时,输入信号场的能量将由两个腔场和机械模共同分担;较弱的输入信号场由一个腔完美透视到另一个腔而不产生任何的能量损耗.分析与数值结果显示,在不同参数机制下,在该三模光机械系统中可以实现相干完美吸收、相干完美透射和相干完美合成的量子现象.此外,改变腔与腔之间的耦合度,可以实现输出探测场在相干完美吸收和相干完美透射之间转换;通过简单的相位调制,可以实现探测场左腔-右腔的输出和输入方向的互换.这些动态控制在量子信息网络可用来构造光子开关、光子路由、光子交换机等一些特殊功能的光子学器件.     

光子晶体对nc-Ge/Si岛发光增强的模拟

在Si基集成光电子学的发展中,高效的Si基光源是人们不懈追求的目标。但是Si材料的间接带隙特性导致其发光效率低,更谈不上受激发射。于是人们探索了多种Si基材料体系来提高Si材料的发光效率,并在不同程度上取得了重要的进展。在众多的Si基发光材料体系中,Ge/Si量子点材料,不仅生长工艺与标准的CMOS工艺有很好的兼容性,而且发光波长能够覆盖重要的光通信波段即1.3~1.55μm,因此成为实现Si基发光器件的重要途径之一。但是目前这种材料的发光效率仍很低,所以提高其发光效率自然成为人们关注的焦点。如果将光子晶体引入到nc-Ge/Si材料中,它不仅可以改变材料本身的自发发射特性,而且可以改变发射的光子的提取效率,从而使材料的发光效率得到增强。提出了在Ge/Si量子点材料中引入光子晶体结构来提高其发光效率,包括光子晶体点缺陷腔结构和带边模式工作的完整光子晶体结构,并从理论上分析了发光效率提高的原理。针对发光波长在1.5μm附近的材料结构,模拟出了相应的光子晶体的结构参数。从模拟结果可以看出,对于缺陷腔的光子晶体结构,采用单点缺陷微腔很好地实现了单模运作,但是微腔内有源材料的体积很小,因此得到的发光效率很低。而采用耦合缺陷腔的结构和H₂腔都增加了腔内有源区的体积。但是耦合腔与H₂腔相比,谐振腔模减少,主谐振模式的峰值强度增加,更容易实现单模发光。因而更适用于提高nc-Ge/Si的发光效率。而带边模式工作的光子晶体结构,尺寸较大,不需引入缺陷,工艺上更容易实现。     

多模腔场与耦合原子之间量子纠缠信息的传递规律

提出了多个“耦合双原子-腔-多模光场”相互作用系统的集合模型,发现了该物理系统中量子纠缠信息的传递规律.即：处于基态的原子以特定速度通过处于纠缠态的腔场时,原子能够将光场的纠缠信息据为已有；反之,纠缠原子以特定速度通过真空场时,原子能把纠缠信息释放于腔中,这样便实现了腔-原子之间纠缠信息的交换传递.利用原子能够捡起、释放量子纠缠信息的特点,进一步实现腔-腔之间异地量子纠缠信息的传递.在不同条件下,量子纠缠信息还可以保持.     

利用双光子过程耦合腔系统实现量子信息转移

给出了利用两个二能级原子和耦合腔双光子过程相互作用系统实现量子信息转移的方案。该方案中二能级原子通过双光子跃迁与单模腔场发生共振相互作用。通过控制原子与光场的相互作用时间,实现量子信息从一个原子转移到另一个原子。     

Perfect photon absorption based on the optical parametric process

The perfect photon absorption is studied in a cavity quantum electrodynamics(CQED) system, in which an optical parameter amplifier(OPA) is coupled to the cavity mode. This makes it possible to control the optical phase to realize the perfect photon absorption. It is found that in the presence of one and two injected fields, the perfect photon absorption is present in these two cases and can be controlled by adjusting the parametric phase. Moreover, different from the previous predictions of perfect photon absorption in atomic CQED systems, the perfect photon absorption can be changed significantly by the relative phase. Our work provides a new platform to use the parametric processes to make an available way to control the behaviors of photons and to take advantage of the optical phase to achieve the perfect photon absorption.     

回音壁微腔光力系统的相干控制与完全相干透射

本文研究了两侧同时输入的回音壁模谐振双微腔光力系统中电磁诱导透明的相干调控.通过改变双微腔两侧探测场的强度比值及相位差,可以有效控制电磁诱导透明窗口的宽度和深度,对探测场的吸收和色散等性质实施显著的影响,并且能够在特殊频率处产生关于探测场的完全相干透射现象.     

Enhancing entanglement generation of two atoms in a cavity with white noise using classical driving fields

We investigate the entanglement dynamics of a quantum system consisting of two two-level atoms in a cavity with classical driving fields in the presence of white noise.The cavity is initially prepared in the vacuum state.Generally,the entanglement of two atoms decreases with the intensity of the thermal fields and the coupling strength of the two-level atoms to the thermal fields.However,we find that the entanglement of the quantum system can be enhanced by adjusting the frequency and the strength of the classical driving fields in the presence of white noise.     

Dynamical Properties of Two Coupled Dissipative QED Cavities Driven by Coherent Fields

When two identical QED cavities driven by the coherent fields are located in a uniform environment, in addition to dissipation, there appears an indirect coupling between the two cavities induced by the background fields. We investigate the effects of the coherent fields, the dissipation as well as the incoherent coupling on the following dynamical properties of the system: photon transfer, reversible decoherence, and quantum state transfer, etc. We find that the photons in the cavities do not leak completely into the environment due to the collective coupling between the cavities and the enviroment, and the photons are transferred irreversibly from the cavity with more photons to the cavity with less ones due to the incoherent coupling so that they are equally distributed among the two cavities. The coherent field pumping on the two cavities increases the mean photons, complements the revived magnitude of the reversible decoherence, but hinders the quantum state transfer between the two cavities. The above phenomena may find applications in quantum communication and other basic fields.     

Dynamical Properties of Two Coupled Dissipative QED Cavities Driven by Coherent Fields

When two identical QED cavities driven by the coherent fields are located in a uniform environment, in addition to dissipation, there appears an indirect coupling between the two cavities induced by the background fields. We investigate the effects of the coherent fields, the dissipation as well as the incoherent coupling on the following dynamical properties of the system： photon transfer, reversible decoherence, and quantum state transfer, etc. We find that the photons in the cavities do not leak completely into the environment due to the collective coupling between the cavities and the enviroment, and the photons are transferred irreversibly from the cavity with more photons to the cavity with less ones due to the incoherent coupling so that they are equally distributed among the two cavities. The coherent field pumping on the two cavities increases the mean photons, complements the revived magnitude of the reversible decoherence, but hinders the quantum state transfer between the two cavities. The above phenomena may find applications in quantum communication and other basic fields.