All-optical switching and router via the direct quantum control of coupling between cavity modes

Keyu Xia*, Jason Twamley

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Abstract

In this work, we describe a scheme to execute all-optical control of the routing or switching of photonic information where, by optically controlling the internal quantum state of a individual scatterer coupled to two independent cavity modes, one can dynamically and rapidly modulate the intermode coupling. This allows all-optical modulation of intercavity couplings via ac Stark or shuffle (stimulated Raman adiabatic passage) control of the scatterer's internal states, and from this modulation, we show that we can perform all-optical switching and all-optical routing with near-unit switching contrast and with high bandwidth.

Original languageEnglish
Article number031013
Pages (from-to)1-11
Number of pages11
JournalPhysical Review X
Volume3
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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Keywords

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Photonics
  • Quantum Physics

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