Quantum electrodynamics in a whispering-gallery microcavity coated with a polymer nanolayer
Abstract
Quasi-transverse-electric and -transverse-magnetic fundamental whispering gallery modes in a polymer-coated silica microtoroid are theoretically investigated and demonstrated to possess very high-quality factors. The existence of a nanometer-thickness layer not only evidently reduces the cavity mode volume but also draws the maximal electric field's position of the mode to the outside of the silica toroid, where single quantum dots or nanocrystals are located. Both effects result in a strongly enhanced coherent interaction between a single dipole (for example, a single defect center in a diamond crystal) and the quantized cavity mode. Since the coated microtoroid is highly feasible and robust in experiments, it may offer an excellent platform to study strong-coupling cavity quantum electrodynamics, quantum information, and quantum computation.
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@article{arxiv.1011.0252,
title = {Quantum electrodynamics in a whispering-gallery microcavity coated with a polymer nanolayer},
author = {Yun-Feng Xiao and Chang-Ling Zou and Peng Xue and Lixin Xiao and Yan Li and Chun-Hua Dong and Zheng-Fu Han and Qihuang Gong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.0252},
year = {2015}
}