强烈相互作用的光子之间的对称性保护碰撞
Jeff D Thompson1,2, Travis L Nicholson3, Qi-Yu Liang3
1Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Nature
|January 25, 2017
概括
研究人员在超冷的原子气体中实现了受控的光子对光子相互作用,证明了量子技术所必需的强大相位转移. 这一突破使单光子交换机和量子逻辑门的进步成为可能.
科学领域:
- 量子物理学
- 原子物理
- 视觉学
背景情况:
- 在强烈相互作用的系统中实现强大的量子现象是现代物理科学的关键挑战.
- 探索各种平台,如凝聚物质系统,被困的原子和光子用于量子应用.
- 光子对光子的相互作用通常是可以忽略不计的,但是在特定的系统中被设计出来的.
研究的目的:
- 证明两个光子之间有控制和连贯的交换碰撞.
- 为了实现与光子相互作用相关的显著相位转移.
- 探索这些工程互动的强度和潜在机制.
主要方法:
- 在超冷原子气体中利用光和里德伯格激发之间的连贯合.
- 设计单个光子之间的强相互作用.
- 测量由于光子对光子碰撞而产生的相位移.
主要成果:
- 证明了两个光子之间的受控和连贯的交换碰撞.
- 观察到一个强大的π/2相位变化 (测量为0.48(3) 独立于精确的实验参数.
- 通过最小的光子吸收实现了这一效果,
结论:
- 设计的光子对光子相互作用为量子控制提供了强大的机制.
- 这项工作为开发单光子交换机和全光学量子逻辑门开辟了道路.
- 能够探索涉及强烈相互作用的光子的新型量子多体现象.
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