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Possible Schemes For A Single Photon Switch, Hemlin Swaran Rag Aug 2019

Possible Schemes For A Single Photon Switch, Hemlin Swaran Rag

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

I consider the effectiveness of a single control photon to route a target photon using two processes: the first one uses the transient excitation of a two-level system and the second one which uses the permanent population transfer in a three-level Λ-system to route the target photon. In the absence of a single control photon and when the system has additional decay channels, I find ways to optimize the success probability of routing with an increasing number of photons in the control field.


Scattering Of Few Photon Fields By Two Level Systems In A One Dimensional Geometry, William Konyk Aug 2018

Scattering Of Few Photon Fields By Two Level Systems In A One Dimensional Geometry, William Konyk

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Recent experimental progress has realized strong, efficient coupling of effective two level systems to waveguides. We study the scattering of multimode photons from such emitters coupled losslessly to the confined geometry of a one dimensional waveguide. We develop novel techniques for describing the scattered state of both single and multi-photon wavepackets and explore how such wavepackets interact with arrays of emitters coupled to a one dimensional waveguide. Finally, we apply these techniques and analyze the capability of two particular systems to act as a quantum conditional logic gate.