Speaker
Dr.
Roberto Tricarico
(Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II)
Description
Ensembles of Rydberg atoms, in the Electromagnetic Induced Transparency
setup, have proved to be a possible route to obtain photon-photon
nonlinear interaction. Thanks to the Rydberg blockade
mechanism, a single
photon is indeed able to saturate the atomic
response of a considerably large portion of the
ensemble, that appears opaque to a second
incoming one. While the continuous wave (CW) response
of such a medium was largely studied in the past,
here we present the analysis of the pulse dynamics. We show that the transient light can be more antibunched than the CW one, and how this could pave the way to the development of new protocols to turn light from classical into quantum.
Primary authors
Dr.
Auxiliadora Padrón-Brito
(ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences)
Dr.
Roberto Tricarico
(Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II)
Dr.
Pau Farrera
(Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
Dr.
Emanuele Distante
(Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
Dr.
Klara Theophilo
(ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences)
Prof.
Darrick Chang
(ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences)
Prof.
Hugues de Riedmatten
(ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences)
