Controlled generation of single photons from a strongly coupled atom-cavity system |
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Authors: | A Kuhn M Hennrich T Bondo G Rempe |
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Institution: | (1) Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Postfach 1513, D-85740 Garching, Germany, DE |
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Abstract: | We propose a new method for the generation of single photons. Our scheme will lead to the emission of one photon into a single
mode of the radiation field in response to a trigger event. This photon is emitted from an atom strongly coupled to a high-finesse
optical cavity, and the trigger is a classical light pulse. The device combines cavity-QED with an adiabatic transfer technique.
We simulate this process numerically and show that it is possible to control the temporal behaviour of the photon emission
probability by the shape and the detuning of the trigger pulse. An extension of the scheme with a reloading mechanism will
allow one to emit a bit-stream of photons at a given rate.
Received: 7 July 1999 / Revised version: 3 September 1999 / Published online: 20 October 1999 |
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Keywords: | PACS: 32 80 Qk 42 50 Ct 42 65 Dr |
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