A Fabry-Perot interferometer with quantum mirrors: nonlinear light transport and rectification
Quantum Physics
2015-09-09 v2 Optics
Abstract
Optical transport represents a natural route towards fast communications, and it is currently used in large scale data transfer. The progressive miniaturization of devices for information processing calls for the microscopic tailoring of light transport and confinement at length scales appropriate for the upcoming technologies. With this goal in mind, we present a theoretical analysis of a one-dimensional Fabry-Perot interferometer built with two highly saturable nonlinear mirrors: a pair of two-level systems. Our approach captures non-linear and non-reciprocal effects of light transport that were not reported previously. Remarkably, we show that such an elementary device can operate as a microscopic integrated optical rectifier.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1410.5972,
title = {A Fabry-Perot interferometer with quantum mirrors: nonlinear light transport and rectification},
author = {F. Fratini and E. Mascarenhas and L. Safari and J-Ph. Poizat and D. Valente and A. Auffèves and D. Gerace and M. F. Santos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.5972},
year = {2015}
}