Slowing and stopping light using an optomechanical crystal array

Details Slowing and stopping light using an optomechanical crystal array Slowing and stopping light using an optomechanical crystal array

2010-06-19

arxiv.org/abs/1006.3829v2

New J. Phys. 13 023003 (2011)

Physics

Quantum Physics

18 pages, 6 figures, 5 appendices

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/023003

One of the major advances needed to realize all-optical information processing of light is the ability to delay or coherently store and retrieve optical information in a rapidly tunable manner. In the classical domain, this optical buffering is expected to be a key ingredient to managing the flow of information over complex optical networks. Such a system also has profound implications for quantum information processing, serving as a long-term memory that can store the full quantum information contained in an optical pulse. Here we suggest a novel approach to light storage involving an optical waveguide coupled to an optomechanical crystal array, where light in the waveguide can be dynamically and coherently transferred into long-lived mechanical vibrations of the array. Under realistic conditions, this system is capable of achieving large bandwidths and storage/delay times in a compact, on-chip platform.

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