Figure | Coherent interaction of cesium atoms with a beam of light confined in an on-chip light cage (IMAGE)

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS

Figure | Coherent interaction of cesium atoms with a beam of light confined in an on-chip light cage

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a, Atoms from alkali vapors entering the light cage from all sides and interacting with the light of the central core mode. Vertical supports connect the light cage to a silicon chip. Reinforcement rings stabilize the freely suspended strand array. b, The on-chip light cage represents a novel photonic platform for integrated quantum optics as demonstrated in this work by measuring electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) visible by the strong transmission on the cesium D1 transition.

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by Flavie Davidson-Marquis, Julian Gargiulo, Esteban Gómez-López, Bumjoon Jang, Tim Kroh, Chris Müller, Mario Ziegler, Stefan A. Maier, Harald Kübler, Markus A. Schmidt & Oliver Benson

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