• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 1, 012701 (2022)
Shengfa Fan1、2, Yihong Qi1、*, Yueping Niu1, and Shangqing Gong1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202220.012701 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shengfa Fan, Yihong Qi, Yueping Niu, Shangqing Gong. Nonreciprocal transmission of multi-band optical signals in thermal atomic systems[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(1): 012701 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Multi-band signal propagation and processing play an important role in quantum communications and quantum computing. In recent years, optical nonreciprocal devices such as an optical isolator and circulator are proposed via various configurations of atoms, metamaterials, nonlinear waveguides, etc. In this work, we investigate all-optical controlled nonreciprocity of multi-band optical signals in thermal atomic systems. Via introducing multiple strong coupling fields, nonreciprocal propagation of the probe field can happen at some separated frequency bands, which results from combination of the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) effect and atomic thermal motion. In the proposed configuration, the frequency shift resulting from atomic thermal motion takes converse effect on the probe field in the two opposite directions. In this way, the probe field can propagate almost transparently within some frequency bands of EIT windows in the opposite direction of the coupling fields. However, it is well blocked within the considered frequency region in the same direction of the coupling fields because of destruction of the EIT. Such selectable optical nonreciprocity and isolation for discrete signals may be greatly useful in controlling signal transmission and realizing selective optical isolation functions.
    Hint=[Δp|mm|+n=1N(Δp+Δn)|nn|+(Ωp|mg|+n=1NΩn|nm|+H.C.)],

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    ρ˙gg(t)=iΩpρmg(t)iΩp*ρgm(t)+n=1NΓngρnn(t)+Γmgρmm(t),

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    ρ˙mm(t)=iΩpρgm(t)+in=1N[Ωnρnm(t)Ωn*ρnm(t)]iΩp*ρmg(t)Γmgρmm(t)+n=1NΓnmρnn(t),

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    ρ˙nn(t)=iΩn*ρmn(t)iΩnρnm(t)Γnmρnn(t)Γngρnn(t),

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    ρ˙mg(t)=(iΔpγmg)ρmg(t)+in=1NΩnρng(t)+iΩp*ρgg(t)iΩp*ρmm(t),

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    ρ˙ng(t)=(iΔp+iΔnγng)ρng(t)+iΩn*ρmg(t)iΩp*ρnm(t),

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    ρ˙nm(t)=i(Δn+iγnm)ρnm(t)+iΩn*ρmm(t)iΩpρng(t)il=1NΩl*ρnl(t),

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    ρ˙nl(t)=i(ΔnΔl+iγnl)ρnl(t)+iΩnρml(t)iΩl*ρnm(t),nl,

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    χND|μgm|2Δp+iγmgn=1NΩn2/(Δp+Δn+iγng),

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    χco(cou)=+χD(v)dv,

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    χco=+ND|μgm|2D(v)Δpkv+iγmgS1dv,

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    χcou=+ND|μgm|2D(v)Δp+kv+iγmgS2dv,

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    tco(cou)=eiαχco(cou)L,

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    Tco(cou)=|tco(cou)|2.

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    Shengfa Fan, Yihong Qi, Yueping Niu, Shangqing Gong. Nonreciprocal transmission of multi-band optical signals in thermal atomic systems[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(1): 012701
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