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arxiv: 1901.08916 · v1 · pith:UAUNFNUOnew · submitted 2019-01-25 · 🪐 quant-ph

A tunable single photon quantum router

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keywords single-photonatomschannelsrouterroutingapplicationsappropriateargue
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We propose an efficient single-photon router comprising two resonator waveguide channels coupled by several sequential cavities with embedded three-level atoms. We show that the system can operate as a perfect four-way single-photon switch. We also demonstrate that an incident single-photon propagating in one of the waveguides can be routed into one or the other output channels; such routing can be controlled by the external classical electromagnetic field driving the atoms. We argue that, under appropriate conditions, the efficiency of such routing can be close to 100\% within a broad operational bandwidth, suggesting various applications in photonics.

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