All optical switch of vacuum Rabi oscillations: the ultrafast quantum eraser

We study the all-optical time control of the strong coupling between a single cascade three-level quantum emitter and a microcavity. We find that only specific arrival times of the control pulses succeed in switching off the Rabi oscillations. Depending on the arrival times of control pulses, a vari...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2011-01, Vol.106 (1), p.013601-013601, Article 013601
Main Authors: Ridolfo, A, Vilardi, R, Di Stefano, O, Portolan, S, Savasta, S
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Language:English
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Physics
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Summary:We study the all-optical time control of the strong coupling between a single cascade three-level quantum emitter and a microcavity. We find that only specific arrival times of the control pulses succeed in switching off the Rabi oscillations. Depending on the arrival times of control pulses, a variety of exotic nonadiabatic cavity quantum electrodynamics effects can be observed. We show that control pulses with specific arrival times, performing which-path and quantum-eraser operations, are able to suddenly switch-off and on first-order coherence of cavity photons, without affecting their strong coupling population dynamics.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.106.013601