We propose a protocol for detecting a single atom in a cavity with the help of the χ^((2)) nonlinear medium.When the χ^((2)) nonlinear medium is driven by an external laser field,the cavity mode will be squeezed,and...We propose a protocol for detecting a single atom in a cavity with the help of the χ^((2)) nonlinear medium.When the χ^((2)) nonlinear medium is driven by an external laser field,the cavity mode will be squeezed,and thus one can obtain an exponentially enhanced light-matter coupling.Such a strong coupling between the atom and the cavity field can significantly change the output photon flux,the quantum fluctuations,the quantum statistical property,and the photon number distributions of the cavity field.This provides practical strategies to determine the presence or absence of an atom in a cavity.The proposed protocol exhibits some advantages,such as controllable squeezing strength and exponential increase of atom-cavity coupling strength,which make the experimental phenomenon more obvious.We hope that this protocol can supplement the existing intracavity single-atom detection protocols and provide a promise for quantum sensing in different quantum systems.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.11575045,11874114,and 11674060the Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar of Fujian Province under Grant 2020J06011Project from Fuzhou University under Grant JG202001-2.Y.-H.C.is supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)KAKENHI Grant No.JP19F19028.
文摘We propose a protocol for detecting a single atom in a cavity with the help of the χ^((2)) nonlinear medium.When the χ^((2)) nonlinear medium is driven by an external laser field,the cavity mode will be squeezed,and thus one can obtain an exponentially enhanced light-matter coupling.Such a strong coupling between the atom and the cavity field can significantly change the output photon flux,the quantum fluctuations,the quantum statistical property,and the photon number distributions of the cavity field.This provides practical strategies to determine the presence or absence of an atom in a cavity.The proposed protocol exhibits some advantages,such as controllable squeezing strength and exponential increase of atom-cavity coupling strength,which make the experimental phenomenon more obvious.We hope that this protocol can supplement the existing intracavity single-atom detection protocols and provide a promise for quantum sensing in different quantum systems.
