Magneto-optic modulator with unit quantum efficiency

Lewis A. Williamson; Yu Hui Chen; Jevon J. Longdell

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.203601

Magneto-optic modulator with unit quantum efficiency

Lewis A. Williamson^*, Yu Hui Chen, Jevon J. Longdell

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University of Otago

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Abstract

We propose a device for the reversible and quiet conversion of microwave photons to optical sideband photons that can reach 100% quantum efficiency. The device is based on an erbium-doped crystal placed in both an optical and microwave resonator. We show that efficient conversion can be achieved so long as the product of the optical and microwave cooperativity factors can be made large. We argue that achieving this regime is feasible with current technology and we discuss a possible implementation.

Original language	English
Article number	203601
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	113
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.203601
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2014
Externally published	Yes

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