All-optical switching and strong coupling using tunable whispering-gallery-mode microresonators |
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Authors: | D O’Shea C Junge M P?llinger A Vogler and A Rauschenbeutel |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Eberhard Karls University, 72076 T?bingen, Germany |
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Abstract: | We review our recent work on tunable, ultra-high quality factor whispering-gallery-mode bottle microresonators and highlight
their applications in non-linear optics and in quantum optics experiments. Our resonators combine ultra-high quality factors
of up to Q=3.6×108, a small mode volume, and near-lossless fiber coupling, with a simple and customizable mode structure enabling full tunability.
We study, theoretically and experimentally, non-linear all-optical switching via the Kerr effect when the resonator is operated
in an add–drop configuration. This allows us to optically route a single-wavelength cw optical signal between two fiber ports
with high efficiency. Finally, we report on progress toward strong coupling of single rubidium atoms to an ultra-high Q mode of an actively stabilized bottle microresonator. |
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