Single-photon all-optical switching
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چکیده
This paper investigates an analytical model of a system consisting of a photonic crystal waveguide, a microcavity, and a four-level electromagnetically-induced transparency atom. The transmission and reflection of the system are numerically calculated, and it shown that classical results for this class of systems can be extended to the quantum regime. In particular, these systems could enable ultrafast nonlinear all-optical switching at single photon energy levels.
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