Fast optomechanical photon blockade
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Author(s)
Ling, Yuxun
Qvarfort, Sofia
Mintert, Florian
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The photon blockade effect is commonly exploited in the development of single-photon sources. While the photon blockade effect could be used to prepare high-fidelity single-photon states in idealized regimes, practical implementations in optomechanical systems suffer from an interplay of competing processes. Here we derive a control scheme that exploits destructive interference of Fock state amplitudes of more than one photon. The resulting preparation time for photon-blockaded quantum states is limited only by the optomechanical interaction strength and can thus be orders of magnitude shorter than in existing schemes that achieve photon blockade in the steady state.
Date Issued
2023-06
Date Acceptance
2023-04-21
Citation
Physical Review Research, 2023, 5 (2), pp.1-14
ISSN
2643-1564
Publisher
American Physical Society
Start Page
1
End Page
14
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Research
Volume
5
Issue
2
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https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.023148
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
023148
Date Publish Online
2023-06-02