DIPHOTONS IN A NONLINEAR FABRY-PEROT RESONATOR - BOUND-STATES OF INTERACTING PHOTONS IN AN OPTICAL QUANTUM WIRE

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作者
DEUTSCH, IH [1 ]
CHIAO, RY [1 ]
GARRISON, JC [1 ]
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[1] LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB,LIVERMORE,CA 94550
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3627
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We propose a high-Q Fabry-Perot resonator with cylindrical mirrors, operating near fundamental mode and filled with an alkali vapor, as the photonic analog to the electronic quantum wire. The internal photons constitute a 1D Bose gas with pairwise interactions. We solve for the two-photon bound state which determines a resonance for the two-photon transmission function. Emphasis is placed on the experimental feasibility of observing these quasiparticles.
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页码:3627 / 3630
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