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Slowing and stopping light using an optomechanical crystal array
- Source :
- New J. Phys. 13 023003 (2011)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- One of the major advances needed to realize all-optical information processing of light is the ability to delay or coherently store and retrieve optical information in a rapidly tunable manner. In the classical domain, this optical buffering is expected to be a key ingredient to managing the flow of information over complex optical networks. Such a system also has profound implications for quantum information processing, serving as a long-term memory that can store the full quantum information contained in an optical pulse. Here we suggest a novel approach to light storage involving an optical waveguide coupled to an optomechanical crystal array, where light in the waveguide can be dynamically and coherently transferred into long-lived mechanical vibrations of the array. Under realistic conditions, this system is capable of achieving large bandwidths and storage/delay times in a compact, on-chip platform.<br />Comment: 18 pages, 6 figures, 5 appendices
- Subjects :
- Quantum Physics
Physics - Optics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- New J. Phys. 13 023003 (2011)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1006.3829
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/023003