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LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS
卷 17, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.202200574
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cavity QED; nonreciprocity; strong coupling
Breaking the time-reversal symmetry of light is crucial for fundamental physics and has gained increasing attention in the study of non-reciprocal photonic devices. In this study, a chiral cavity quantum electrodynamics system with multiple atoms coupled to a Fabry-Perot cavity is experimentally demonstrated. By polarizing the internal quantum state of the atoms, the time-reversal symmetry of the atom-cavity interaction is broken. The strongly coupled atom-cavity system can be described by non-reciprocal quasiparticles called cavity polaritons.
Breaking the time-reversal symmetry of light is of great importance for fundamental physics and has attracted increasing interest in the study of non-reciprocal photonic devices. Here, a chiral cavity quantum electrodynamics system with multiple atoms strongly coupled to a Fabry-Perot cavity is experimentally demonstrated. By polarizing the internal quantum state of the atoms, the time-reversal symmetry of the atom-cavity interaction is broken. The strongly coupled atom-cavity system can be described by non-reciprocal quasiparticles, that is, the cavity polariton. When it works in the linear regime, the inherent nonreciprocity makes the system work as a single-photon-level optical isolator. Benefiting from the collective enhancement of multiple atoms, an isolation ratio exceeding 30 dB on the single-quanta level (approximate to 0.1 photon on average) is achieved. The validity of the non-reciprocal device under zero magnetic field and the reconfigurability of the isolation direction are also experimentally demonstrated. Moreover, when the cavity polariton works in the nonlinear regime, the quantum interference between polaritons with weak anharmonicity induces non-reciprocal nonclassical statistics of cavity transmission from coherent probe light.
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