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From EIT photon correlations to Raman anti-correlations in coherently prepared Rb vapor
We have experimentally observed switching between photon-photon correlations
(bunching) and anti-correlations (anti-bunching) between two orthogonally
polarized laser beams in an EIT configuration in Rb vapor. The bunching and
anti-bunching sswitching occurs at a specific magnetic field strength.Comment: 4 pages and 3 figure
Cooling a quantum circuit via coupling to a multiqubit system
The cooling effects of a quantum LC circuit coupled inductively with an
ensemble of artificial qubits are investigated. The particles may decay
independently or collectively through their interaction with the environmental
vacuum electromagnetic field reservoir. For appropriate bath temperatures and
the resonator's quality factors, we demonstrate an effective cooling well below
the thermal background. In particular, we found that for larger samples the
cooling efficiency is better for independent qubits. However, the cooling
process can be faster for collectively interacting particles.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Generation of two-mode field squeezing through selective dynamics in cavity QED
We propose a scheme for the generation of a two-mode field squeezed state in
cavity QED. It is based on two-channel Raman excitations of a beam of
three-level atoms with random arrival times by two classical fields and two
high-Q resonator modes. It is shown that by suitably choosing the intensities
and detunings of fields the dynamical processes can be selective and two-mode
squeezing between the cavity modes can be generated at steady state. This
proposal does not need the preparation of the initial states of atoms and
cavity modes, and is robust against atomic spontaneous decay.Comment: 4 pages,2 figure
Quantum limit of optical magnetometry in the presence of ac-Stark shifts
We analyze systematic (classical) and fundamental (quantum) limitations of
the sensitivity of optical magnetometers resulting from ac-Stark shifts. We
show that in contrast to absorption-based techniques, the signal reduction
associated with classical broadening can be compensated in magnetometers based
on phase measurements using electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT).
However due to ac-Stark associated quantum noise the signal-to-noise ratio of
EIT-based magnetometers attains a maximum value at a certain laser intensity.
This value is independent on the quantum statistics of the light and defines a
standard quantum limit of sensitivity. We demonstrate that an EIT-based optical
magnetometer in Faraday configuration is the best candidate to achieve the
highest sensitivity of magnetic field detection and give a detailed analysis of
such a device.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
Raman Adiabatic Transfer of Optical States
We analyze electromagnetically induced transparency and light storage in an
ensemble of atoms with multiple excited levels (multi-Lambda configuration)
which are coupled to one of the ground states by quantized signal fields and to
the other one via classical control fields. We present a basis transformation
of atomic and optical states which reduces the analysis of the system to that
of EIT in a regular 3-level configuration. We demonstrate the existence of dark
state polaritons and propose a protocol to transfer quantum information from
one optical mode to another by an adiabatic control of the control fields
Nonlinear coupling of nano mechanical resonators to Josephson quantum circuits
We propose a technique to couple the position operator of a nano mechanical
resonator to a SQUID device by modulating its magnetic flux bias. By tuning the
magnetic field properly, either linear or quadratic couplings can be realized,
with a discretely adjustable coupling strength. This provides a way to realize
coherent nonlinear effects in a nano mechanical resonator by coupling it to a
Josephson quantum circuit. As an example, we show how squeezing of the nano
mechanical resonator state can be realized with this technique. We also propose
a simple method to measure the uncertainty in the position of the nano
mechanical resonator without quantum state tomography
Nonlinear Terahertz Emission in Semiconductor Microcavities
We consider the nonlinear terahertz emission by the system of cavity
polaritons in the regime of polariton lasing. To account for the quantum nature
of terahertz-polariton coupling we use the Lindblad master equation approach
and demonstrate that quantum microcavities reveal rich variety of the nonlinear
phenomena in terahertz range, including bistability, short THz pulse generation
and THz switching.Comment: 4 pages + 5 figures + Supplementary Material. (Final version
containing the derivation of the kinetic equations.
Corrected Table for the Parametric Coefficients for the Optical Depth of the Universe to Gamma-rays at Various Redshifts
Table 1 in our paper, ApJ 648, 774 (2006) entitled "Intergalactic Photon
Spectra from the Far IR to the UV Lyman Limit for 0 < z < 6 and the Optical
Depth of the Universe to High Energy Gamma-Rays" had erroneous numbers for the
coefficients fitting the parametric form for the optical depth of the universe
to gamma-rays. The correct values for these parameters as described in the
original text are given here in a corrected table for various redshifts for the
baseline model (upper row) and fast evolution (lower row) for each individual
redshift. The parametric approximation is good for optical depths between 0.01
and 100 and for gamma-ray energies up to ~2 TeV for all redshifts but also for
energies up to ~10 TeV for redshifts less than 1.Comment: Table 1 corrected and new gamma-ray energy range of validity give
A dynamic scheme for generating number squeezing in Bose-Einstein condensates through nonlinear interactions
We develop a scheme to generate number squeezing in a Bose-Einstein
condensate by utilizing interference between two hyperfine levels and nonlinear
atomic interactions. We describe the scheme using a multimode quantum field
model and find agreement with a simple analytic model in certain regimes. We
demonstrate that the scheme gives strong squeezing for realistic choices of
parameters and atomic species. The number squeezing can result in noise well
below the quantum limit, even if the initial noise on the system is classical
and much greater than that of a poisson distribution.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Intergalactic Photon Spectra from the Far IR to the UV Lyman Limit for and the Optical Depth of the Universe to High Energy Gamma-Rays
We calculate the intergalactic photon density as a function of both energy
and redshift for 0 < z < 6 for photon energies from .003 eV to the Lyman limit
cutoff at 13.6 eV in a Lambda-CDM universe with and
. Our galaxy evolution model gives results which are
consistent with Spitzer deep number counts and the spectral energy distribution
of the extragalactic background radiation. We use our photon density results to
extend previous work on the absorption of high energy gamma-rays in
intergalactic space owing to interactions with low energy photons and the 2.7 K
cosmic background radiation. We calculate the optical depth of the universe,
tau, for gamma-rays having energies from 4 GeV to 100 TeV emitted by sources at
redshifts from ~0 to 5. We also give an analytic fit with numerical
coefficients for approximating . As an example of the
application of our results, we calculate the absorbed spectrum of the blazar
PKS 2155-304 at z = 0.117 and compare it with the spectrum observed by the
H.E.S.S. air Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope array.Comment: final version to be published in Ap
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