超快的光学. 在工程纤维中,通过少数光子进行超快的光学控制
R Nissim1, A Pejkic1, E Myslivets1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 26, 2014
概括
研究人员使用工程光纤开发了一个快速光学门. 这一突破使得使用最小的光子精确控制强光束,进步量子技术.
科学领域:
- 光子学 是一个光子学.
- 量子光学是一种量子光学.
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 用很少的光子控制强光束对于量子传感器和光学处理至关重要.
- 现有的方法在速度和效率方面存在局限性.
研究的目的:
- 用工程光纤演示一个快速高效的光门.
- 为了实现高效的光子对光子相互作用,用于光束操纵.
主要方法:
- 工程光纤具有分子级精度和纳米级核心变化.
- 使用分布式相匹配的光子-光子相互作用.
- 使用三光子输入来控制瓦特级光束.
主要成果:
- 在工程光纤中实现了快速高效的光门.
- 证明了高效的,分布式相匹配的光子对光子相互作用.
- 在速度超过500千兆赫的瓦特级光束中操纵.
结论:
- 设计的光纤可实现前所未有的速度和效率在光束控制.
- 这项技术为高频率运行的新型敏感接收器铺平了道路.
- 光子-光子相互作用的进步对于下一代量子和光学设备至关重要.
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