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Dispersive properties and giant Kerr non-linearities in Dipole Induced Transparency

Quantum Physics 2013-05-29 v1

Abstract

We calculate the dispersive properties of the reflected field from a cavity coupled to a single dipole. We show that when a field is resonant with the dipole it experiences a 90 degree phase shift relative to reflection from a bare cavity if the Purcell factor exceeds the bare cavity reflectivity. We then show that optically Stark shifting the dipole with a second field can be used to achieve giant Kerr non-linearites. It is shown that currently achievable cavity lifetimes and cavity quality factors can allow a single emitter in the cavity to impose a nonlinear π\pi phase shift at the single photon level.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0511205,
  title  = {Dispersive properties and giant Kerr non-linearities in Dipole Induced Transparency},
  author = {Edo Waks and Jelena Vuckovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0511205},
  year   = {2013}
}