Large Cross-Phase Modulations at the Few-Photon Level

Abstract

We demonstrate an efficient cross-phase modulation (XPM) based on a closed-loop double-Λ system. The property of the double-Λ medium can be controlled by changing the phases of the applied optical fields. This phase-dependent XPM scheme can achieve large phase modulations at low-light intensities without requiring cavities or tightly focusing of laser beams. With this scheme, we observe a π-level phase shift with two pulses both consisting of 8 photons in cold rubidium atoms. Such novel scheme provides a simple route to generate strong interactions between photons and may have potential applications in all-optical quantum signal processing.

5 pages, 4 figures, supplemental matrial: 7 pages, 6 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1409.4153, arXiv:1302.1744

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