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High-Effciency Cross-Phase Modulation in a Gas-Filled Waveguide
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Strong cross-Kerr non-linearities have been long sought after for quantum information applications. Recent work has shown that they are intrinsically unreliable in travelling wave configurations: cavity configurations avoid this, but require knowledge of both the non-linearity and the loss. Here we present a detailed systematic study of cross-phase modulation, and absorption, in a rubidium vapour confined within a hollow-core photonic crystal fibre. Using a two-photon transition, we observe phase modulations of up to $\pi$rad with a signal power of 25$\mu$W, corresponding to a non-linear Kerr coefficient, $n_2$, of $0.8 \times 10^{-6}$ cm$^2$/W, or $1.3 \times 10^{-6}$ rad per photon.
- Subjects :
- Quantum Physics
Physics - Atomic Physics
Physics - Optics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1306.4396
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.88.013819