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View SchemaStrong coupling between single photons in semiconductor microcavities
| Authors | William T. M. Irvine, Kevin Hennessy, Dirk Bouwmeester |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0602085 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0602085 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.057405 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 057405 (2006) |
Abstract
We discuss the observability of strong coupling between single photons in semiconductor microcavities coupled by a chi(2) nonlinearity. We present two schemes and analyze the feasibility of their practical implementation in three systems: photonic crystal defects, micropillars and microdisks, fabricated out of GaAs. We show that if a weak coherent state is used to enhance the chi(2) interaction, the strong coupling regime between two modes at different frequencies occupied by a single photon is within reach of current technology. The unstimulated strong coupling of a single photon and a photon pair is very challenging and will require an improvement in mirocavity quality factors of 2-4 orders of magnitude to be observable.
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