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Low-Light-Level Cross Phase Modulation with Cold Atoms

IAMS. Low-Light-Level Cross Phase Modulation with Cold Atoms. J.H. Shieh, W.-J. Wang and Ying-Cheng Chen Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, NTHU AMO Seminar, March 3, 2009 . Outline. Introduction to Cross Phase Modulation (XPM)

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Low-Light-Level Cross Phase Modulation with Cold Atoms

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  1. IAMS Low-Light-Level Cross Phase Modulation with Cold Atoms J.H. Shieh, W.-J. Wang and Ying-Cheng Chen Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, NTHU AMO Seminar, March 3, 2009

  2. Outline • Introduction to Cross Phase Modulation (XPM) • Briefs on Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) • Introductions on EIT-based XPM schemes • Considerations on few-photon-level XPM • Our experimental progress towards the goal • Prospective

  3. Cross Phase Modulation • One of the holey grail in nonlinear optics is to observe the π radian mutual phase shift for two single photon pulses with small absorption loss. Probe light Control light atoms Photon can couple to photon via the media (e.g. atoms). Photon-photon has no coupling in free space, at least at low field strength where QED effect is not significant. φ Without control light With control light Kerr effect: n=n0+n2I Cross phase modulation: Phase change of the probe pulse under the presence of control pulse and media. The Kerr effect.

  4. XPM Application: Controlled-NOT gate for Quantum Computation • CNOT and single qubit gates can be used to implement an arbitrary unitary operation on n qubits and therefore are universal for quantum computation. • Single photon XPM can be used to implement the quantum phase gate and CNOT gate Truth table for CNOT gate PBS PBS Signal Control qubit Atoms Probe Target qubit For a good introductory article, see 陳易馨&余怡德 CPS Physics Bimonthly, 524, Oct. 2008

  5. XPM in Generation of Entangled Photon Pairs • Single photon π phase shift XPM can be implemented to generate entangled photon pairs which are important in quantum teleportation. • For a close look at quantum teleportation, see e.g. 2008 AMO summer school presentation file in NCTS website given by 陳岳男. PBS PBS Signal 450 linear polarization Entangled photon pairs Atoms Probe

  6. XPM in Quantum Nondemolition Measurement • QND measurement of the photon number by dispersive atom field coupling. See. e.g. Scully, Quantum Optics, Sec.19-3. Signal beam Meter beam

  7. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT),the Phenomena |3> Attenuated Atomic sample Attenuated Probe laser |1> Optical density=2 Transparent! |3> Pass through again Probe laser Coupling laser 2> |1> For a review, see Rev. Mod. Phys. 77, 633,2005

  8. EIT, the Physical Explanation • Destructive interference between excitation pathways • Destructive interference between two dressed states • Dark state or resonance |3> coupling probe ＋… ＋ ＋ ＝ |2> |1> Path ii Path i Path iii |3> coupling probe |2> probe |3> |1> A limiting case of coherent population trapping effect where Diagonalize the HA+HAC+HAP coupling probe

  9. Group velocity of the probe pulse The steep dispersion in addition with no loss has important effect on the probe propagation in EIT medium : the lossless slow light. EIT and the Slow Light Vg<17m/s, Hau et.al. Nature397,594,1999

  10. More on Slow Light • If γ/Γ3<<1 & δc=0, • Higher order dispersion and finite EIT bandwidth still cause slightly pulse spreading. • At δp=0, one obtains (N: atom density) • Group delay for a sample with length L • The slow light has practical applications as optical delay line. considering the decoherence

  11. Line Narrowing Effect with Large OD Gas • Has been observed in warm gas, PRL 79,2959,1997. • Intensity transmission • For medium and large OD, • Delay Bandwidth product ~

  12. Slow Light : Dark-State Polariton |3> |3> |3> coupling coupling coupling probe probe |2> |2> |2> 1> 1> 1> Light component Matter component: atomic spin coherence Lukin&Fleischhauer, PRL 84,5094,2000

  13. EIT and the Photon Storage • By adiabatically turn off the coupling light, the probe pulse can completely transfer to atomic spin coherence and stored in the medium and can be retrieved back to light pulse later on when adiabatically turn on the coupling. • This effect can be used as a quantum memory for photons. • The photon storage and retrieved process has been proved to be a phase coherent process by Yu’s team. coupling probe Hau et.al. Nature, 409,490,2001 Y.F. Chen et.al. PRA 72, 033812, 2005

  14. Basic EIT-based XPM scheme: N-type system With signal beam Without signal probe signal coupling • The scheme was proposed by Schmidt & Imamoğlu (Opt. Lett. 21,1936,1996). • The signal beam cause ac Stark shift on state 2 and introduce a cross phase • modulation on probe. • The EIT guarantee low probe loss with the transparency window if choosing • larger enough coupling field. • The scheme was firstly demonstrated by Yi-Fu Zhu’s team (PRL91,093601,2003).

  15. Dual Slow Light Scheme for Weak Field XPM • Use a second species atom and a second coupling pulse to allow signal pulse becoming a slow light pulse. • Both signal and probe pulses are tuned to the same slow group velocity. This allow long interaction time between these two weak pulses to gain significant mutual phase shift. • Long delay time -> high OD • Avoid loss due to absorption by decreasing the decoherence rate Lukin & Imamoğlu PRL 84,1419,2000 Both signal and probe are slow-light pulses Tightly focusing Long interaction time

  16. Single Species Dual Slow Light Weak Field XPM • The symmetric arrangement guarantee the matched group velocity for the two weak probe pulses for long interaction length. • Each probe pulse is the signal pulse of the N-type system for the other EIT system. • The Zeeman shift >> Natural linewidth for dispersive coupling in the N-type system. • Two coupling fields are needed. • The orthogonal coupling and probe requires very cold sample to minimize the residual Doppler broadening. • The two probe pulses can be used to implement the quantum phase gate with the qubit as polarization states. probe signal PRA 65,033833,2002

  17. N-Tripod Scheme XPM • Both signal and probe form EIT with single coupling beam and can be tuned with coupling intensity and detuning and population difference to match the group velocity. • Both signal and probe can be on exact EIT resonance but still experience XPM. • Signal beam cause a cross phase modulation on probe but also a self phase modulation. • Utilize Zeeman shift such that signal beam is mainly dispersive coupling in the N-type system • Similar to previous scheme, one can implement the quantum phase gate with polarization state as qubits.. m=1 m=3 6P3/2,F=3 m=0 6S1/2,F=4 m=2 6S1/2,F=3 m=0 Cs PRL 97,063901,2006 & Opt. Comm. 681,2040,2008

  18. N-Tripod Probe Signal Im(χ) Linear susceptibility Re(χ) Nonlinear susceptibility

  19. The Light-Storage XPM Scheme • Proposed and demonstrated by Yu’s team, PRL 96,043603,2006. • Convert and store probe light into atomic spin coherence. Signal beam is applied during the storage time to interact with atom. • A phase shift of 440 for probe pulse was obtained with a 2-μs signal pulse of Rabi frequency 0.32Γ with 65% transmission. • The energy per unit area of signal beam, Ω2τ,affect the phase shift at a fixed detuning. • To increase the phase shift, one has to tightly focus the probe and signal beam to increase the interaction strength and also to increase the interaction time of signal with atoms. coupling Phase shift probe Probe attenuation e-α τ signal

  20. Few-Photon-Level XPM • Large Kerr Nonlinearity • Low loss • Strong focusing to increase the atom-laser interaction strength • Long atom-laser interaction time • Possible schemes • Using the high-finesse cavity • Couple atoms and Light into the hollow core fiber • Using the EIT-based stationary light scheme together with transverse waveguiding effect • All are challenging ! High-finesse cavity cold atom Coupling& probe Signal beam

  21. trapping Coils&cell Atom cloud probe trapping trapping beam Experimental Progress : Dense atomic medium • In all EIT-based applications, the large optical density together with small decoherence rate are crucial requirements. • We have obtained optical density > 100 using 2-dimensional MOT. • To obtain atomic sample with even larger OD, the optical dipole trapping is required and is underway. 7cm Absorption Spectrum Optical density=105 Optics Express. Chen & Yu 16,3754(2008)

  22. Small Decoherence Rate • To obtain small decoherence rate, good mutual coherence between coupling and probe lasers and small inhomogeneity in magnetic field are crucial. • We obtained phase locking via the modulation with vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) and injection locking. • Obtained phase locking between coupling and VCSEL with 13dBm modulation power at ~9 GHz with sideband power ratio ~ 15%. • Checked with beatnote by spectrum analyzer showing that the linewidth between coupling and probe to be < 10Hz, the instrument resolution limit. • Has been applied in the EIT experiments. Coupling ECDL RF Bias-Tee Idc VCSEL PBS λ/2 Probe DL coupling ~9GHz VCSEL frequency Probe

  23. Compensation of Stray Magnetic Field • Three pairs of compensation coils with relative large size (~50 cmφ) are used with 6 independent current channels applied to null the stray field and gradients. • Stary field is minimized to < 30mG level by the linewidth of EIT spectrum. • Non-metal support for MOT magnetic coils is used to avoid the induced eddy current when the MOT coils are turned off. • Current through MOT coils is rapidly turned off (~30 μs) by field-effect-transitors together with large damping resistor in parallel with coils. • Two layers of mu-metal are used to shield the ion pump nearby the MOT. • Even with all of these, we observed that the MOT inhomogeneous magnetic field decay completely after 2 ms possibly due to the induction of nearby metal stuffs. • We are using Faraday rotation effect to allow a fast and quantitative diagnosis of stray field situations. ~3GHz away from resonance PRA, 59,4836,1999

  24. Typical EIT Spectrum • Obtained EIT with ~50% transmission at 200kHz FWHM for OD~70 with coupling intensity ~5 mW/cm2.

  25. Line Narrowing Effect with Large OD Gas • Has been observed in warm gas, PRL 79,2959,1997. • Intensity transmission • For medium and large OD, Increasing the OD of atom cloud

  26. The Slow Light • The typical delay time is 5-10 μs. • Delay time > 10μs is observed at the expense of higher loss.

  27. The Light Storage • Observed the light storage signal. However, the storage time is still short. Better compensation on the stray magnetic field is underway to decrease the decoherence rate further.

  28. Prespectives • Short term: • Study the oscillatory effect of transverse magnetic field on slow light. • Realize the N-Tripod XPM in the two-dimensional MOT • Middle term: • Obtain even higher OD gas in the optical dipole trap. • Study the transverse waveguiding effect and XPM enhancement • Long term • Use the optical cavity with the light-storage XPM scheme to reach the few-photon-level XPM. • …

  29. Oscillatory Behavior on Slow Light with Transverse Magnetic Field • Why the oscillating behavior in transverse magnetic field? • What does the period corresponding to? • Does this behavior exist in Cs? • If yes, what is the value of the period? • Preliminary experiment on Cs do suggest similar transverse magnetic field effect on delay time. Better calibration on compensation coils using Faraday rotation is underway. 87Rb, Yu’s team

  30. N-Tripod XPM Scheme • Optical pumping and/or microwave transitions to prepare the population. • Magnetic field ~ 30 Gauss to allow dispersive coupling for N-type system (Δ~4Γ) • Beatnote interferometer proposed by Yu’s team will be utilized to see the XPM phase shift. • The experiment should be quite straightforward! m=1 m=3 6P3/2,F=3 m=0 6S1/2,F=4 m=2 6S1/2,F=3 m=0 Cs PRA 72,033812,2005

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