Atomic vapor-based high efficiency optical detectors with photon number resolution

Details Atomic vapor-based high efficiency optical detectors with photon number resolution Atomic vapor-based high efficiency optical detectors with photon number resolution

2002-06-07

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0206049v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.183601

We propose a novel approach to the important fundamental problem of detecting weak optical fields at the few photon level. The ability to detect with high efficiency (>99%), and to distinguish the number of photons in a given time interval is a very challenging technical problem with enormous potential pay-offs in quantum communications and information processing. Our proposal diverges from standard solid-state photo-detector technology by employing an atomic vapor as the active medium, prepared in a specific quantum state using laser radiation. The absorption of a photon will be aided by a dressing laser, and the presence or absence of an excited atom will be detected using the ``cycling transition'' approach perfected for ion traps. By first incorporating an appropriate upconversion scheme, our method can be applied to a wide variety of optical wavelengths.

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