All optical switch of vacuum Rabi oscillations: the ultrafast quantum eraser

A Ridolfo1, R Vilardi, O Di Stefano

  • 1Dipartimento di Fisica della Materia e Ingegneria Elettronica, Università di Messina, I-98166 Messina, Italy.

Physical Review Letters
|January 15, 2011
PubMed
Summary

Researchers demonstrate all-optical control over quantum emitter-cavity interactions. Specific laser pulse timings can switch quantum coherence on/off without altering strong coupling dynamics, revealing exotic quantum electrodynamics effects.