Coherent storage and phase modulation of single hard x-ray photons using nuclear excitons
Atomic Physics
2013-01-08 v2 Quantum Physics
Abstract
Coherent storage and phase modulation of x-ray single-photon wave packets in resonant scattering of light off nuclei is investigated theoretically. We show that by switching off and on again the magnetic field in the nuclear sample, phase-sensitive storage of photons in the keV regime can be achieved. Corresponding phase modulation of the stored photon can be accomplished if the retrieving magnetic field is rotated by . The development of such x-ray single-photon control techniques is a first step towards forwarding quantum optics and quantum information to shorter wavelengths and more compact photonic devices.
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@article{arxiv.1205.5503,
title = {Coherent storage and phase modulation of single hard x-ray photons using nuclear excitons},
author = {Wen-Te Liao and Adriana Pálffy and Christoph H. Keitel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.5503},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
12 pages, 6 figures; v2 modified to match the published version, condensed to 4 figures, results unchanged