A cold-atom photonic-crystal-waveguide interface for efficient quantum operations in single pass

Projektinformationen

SinglePass

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101030421

DOI

10.3030/101030421

Das Projekt endete am 31 August 2021

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 23 Februar 2021

Startdatum 1 März 2021

Enddatum 28 Februar 2023

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Gesamtkosten

€ 184 707,84

EU-Beitrag

€ 184 707,84

Koordiniert durch

SORBONNE UNIVERSITE
France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SinglePass (A cold-atom photonic-crystal-waveguide interface for efficient quantum operations in single pass)

Berichtszeitraum: 2021-03-01 bis 2023-02-28

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

Processing quantum information at the nodes of a quantum network requires the implementation of a deterministic coupling with another qubit, in the form of a material quantum system, through nonlinear quantum optics. A novel approach for achieving the strong photon-qubit coupling required for nonlinear quantum optical protocols relies on the emerging field of integrated photonic nanostructures, waveguides in particular, coupled to emitters. This new paradigm relies on two ingredients to enhance the atom-photon coupling. In a nanophotonic waveguide, the optical mode is readily confined, providing a transversal increase in energy density. Longitudinal structuration can further enhance the coupling by manipulating the dispersion relation to exploit slow modes near the optical band gap. Coupling atoms to such integrated photonic nanostructures would enable to scale up to ensembles of quantum emitters by harnessing their inherent indistinguishability.
SinglePass aimed at coupling atoms to Photonic Crystal Waveguides (PCW) exhibiting slow modes for enhancing the atom-light coupling. Reaching the strong coupling regime with such a waveguide quantum electrodynamics (wQED) platform with atoms offers the prospect of realizing for instance an all-guided single-photon transistor in single pass.
The fellow obtained a permanent academic position during the course of the fellowship, which led to the early termination of the action.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

A first objective of the project was to integrate PCWs with cold atoms in a new experimental setup. A new setup for cooling and trapping rubidium atoms was developed and has been built and PCWs are being fabricated by the host’s partners. The next step will be to combine the two and to transport cold atoms in the vicinity of the PCWs.
A critical requirement for reaching the strong coupling regime in this wQED platform is to trap the atoms in the evanescent field of guided modes. A significant step was attained to this end by the development of a Python package for computing such dipole traps: nanotrappy. This package was used to design the PCWs that will be used, and has been made available in open source to the community.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

The fellowship allowed for the fellow to gain improved knowledge and exposure to the field of nanophotonics, as well as valuable experience in training students. The early progress sets a strong platform for the continued work in wQED by the researcher.

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