Integrating two-photon nonlinear spectroscopy of rubidium atoms with silicon photonics

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العنوان: Integrating two-photon nonlinear spectroscopy of rubidium atoms with silicon photonics
المؤلفون: Skljarow, Artur, Gruhler, Nico, Pernice, Wolfram, Kübler, Harald, Pfau, Tilman, Löw, Robert, Alaeian, Hadiseh
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Atomic Physics, Physics - Optics, Quantum Physics
الوصف: We study an integrated silicon photonic chip, composed of several sub-wavelength ridge waveguides, and immersed in a micro-cell with rubidium vapor. Employing two-photon excitation, including a telecom wavelength, we observe that the waveguide transmission spectrum gets modified when the photonic mode is coupled to rubidium atoms through its evanescent tail. Due to the enhanced electric field in the waveguide cladding, the atomic transition can be saturated at a photon number $\approx$ 80 times less than a free-propagating beam case. The non-linearity of the atom-clad Si-waveguide is about 4 orders of magnitude larger than maximum achievable value in doped Si photonics. The measured spectra corroborate well with a generalized effective susceptibility model that includes the Casimir-Polder potentials, due to the dielectric surface, and the transient interaction between flying atoms and the evanescent waveguide mode. This work paves the way towards a miniaturized, low-power, and integrated hybrid atomic-photonic system compatible with CMOS technologies.
Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures, added references for section 1
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1364/OE.389644
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.04753
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2003.04753
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv