Few-photon optical diode

Details Few-photon optical diode Few-photon optical diode

2010-03-29

arxiv.org/abs/1003.5698v3

Phys. Rev. B 81, 155117 (2010)

Physics

Optics

5 pages, 3 figures, Revised version

Scientific paper

We propose a novel scheme of realizing an optical diode at the few-photon level. The system consists of a one-dimensional waveguide coupled asymmetrically to a two-level system. The two or multi-photon transport in this system is strongly correlated. We derive exactly the single and two-photon current and show that the two-photon current is asymmetric for the asymmetric coupling. Thus the system serves as an optical diode which allows transmission of photons in one direction much more efficiently than the opposite.

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