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High-Fidelity, Weak-Light Polarization Gate Using Room-Temperature Atomic Vapor

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Author(s)

Lu Deng, Runbing Li, Chengjie Zhu, Edward W. Hagley

Abstract

Using a polarization-selective-Kerr-phase-shift technique we demonstrate an all-optical polarization gate in an atomic gain medium with the control-field intensity equivalent to 20 photons of 10 nanoseconds propagating in a 5 μm mode diameter photonic fiber.
Proceedings Title
Frontier in Optics 2014 Technical Digest
Volume
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Conference Dates
October 10-23, 2014
Conference Location
Tucson, AZ
Conference Title
Frontier in Optics 2014

Keywords

Polarization gate, Kerr phase gate, nonlinear optics

Citation

Deng, L. , Li, R. , Zhu, C. and Hagley, E. (2014), High-Fidelity, Weak-Light Polarization Gate Using Room-Temperature Atomic Vapor, Frontier in Optics 2014 Technical Digest, Tucson, AZ, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=915443 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created October 23, 2014, Updated October 22, 2018
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