Strongly Interacting Polaritons in Coupled Arrays of Cavities

Details Strongly Interacting Polaritons in Coupled Arrays of Cavities Strongly Interacting Polaritons in Coupled Arrays of Cavities

2006-06-12

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606097v2

Nature Physics 2, pp 849 - 855 (2006)

Physics

Quantum Physics

Published in Nature Physics as advance online publication, to appear in the December issue. This preprint differs from the jou

Scientific paper

10.1038/nphys462

The experimental observation of quantum phenomena in strongly correlated many particle systems is difficult because of the short length- and timescales involved. Obtaining at the same time detailed control of individual constituents appears even more challenging and thus to date inhibits employing such systems as quantum computing devices. Substantial progress to overcome these problems has been achieved with cold atoms in optical lattices, where a detailed control of collective properties is feasible but it is very difficult to address and hence control or measure individual sites. Here we show, that polaritons, combined atom and photon excitations, in an array of cavities such as a photonic crystal or coupled toroidal micro-cavities, can form a strongly interacting many body system, where individual particles can be controlled and measured. All individual building blocks of the proposed setting have already been experimentally realised, thus demonstrating the potential of this device as a quantum simulator. With the possibility to create attractive on-site potentials the scheme allows for the creation of highly entangled states and a phase with particles much more delocalised than in superfluids.

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