Quantum reflection of single photons in a cold Rydberg atomic gas
Quantum Physics
2022-09-07 v1 Atomic Physics
Abstract
We propose and analyze a scheme for realizing the quantum reflection of single photons in a cold Rydberg atomic gas via electromagnetically induced transparency, by which a deep and tunable attractive potential well can be prepared by using stored gate photons. Such a scheme is promising for designing dispersion-type single-photon switches, and may be taken as a quantum device for observing the wave and particle natures of photons simultaneously.
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@article{arxiv.2208.03693,
title = {Quantum reflection of single photons in a cold Rydberg atomic gas},
author = {Yao Ou and Qi Zhang and Guoxiang Huang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.03693},
year = {2022}
}