Optomechanically Induced Transparency

By S. Weis, R. Rivière, Samuel Deleglise, E. Gavartin, O. Arcizet, A. Schliesser, Tobias J. Kippenberg. Science, 2010

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Mechanical Transparency In atomic gases and other solid-state systems with appropriate energy levels, manipulation of the optical properties can be induced with a control pulse, allowing the system to transmit light of specific wavelengths that would otherwise have been absorbed. Weis et al. (p. 1520, published online 11 November) now report electromagnetically induced transparency in an optomechanical system whereby the coupling of a cavity to a light pulse is used to control the transmission of light through the cavity. This approach may help to allow the engineering of light storage and routing on an optical chip. Radiation pressure is used to manipulate the optical properties of an optomechanical system. Electromagnetically induced transparency is a quantum interference effect observed in atoms and molecules, in which the optical response of an atomic medium is controlled by an electromagnetic field. We demonstrated a form of induced transparency enabled by radiation-pressure coupling of an optical and a mechanical mode. A control optical beam tuned to a sideband transition of a micro-optomechanical system leads to destructive interference for the excitation of an intracavity probe field, inducing a tunable transparency window for the probe beam. Optomechanically induced transparency may be used for slowing and on-chip storage of light pulses via microfabricated optomechanical arrays.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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