Tunable magnomechanically induced transparency and fast-slow light in a hybrid cavity magnomechanical system

We theoretically explore the tunability of magnomechanically induced transparency(MMIT) phenomenon and fastslow light effect in a hybrid cavity magnomechanical system in which a high-quality yttrium iron garnet(YIG) sphere and an atomic ensemble are placed inside a microwave cavity. In the probe output spectrum, we can observe magnoninduced transparency(MIT) and MMIT due to the photon-magnon and phonon-magnon couplings. We further investigate the effect of atomic ensemble on the absorption spectrum. The results show that better transparency can be obtained by choosing appropriate atomic ensemble parameters. We give an explicit explanation for the mechanism of the Fano resonance phenomenon. Moreover, we discuss phenomena of slow-light propagation. The maximum group delay increases significantly with the increasing atom–cavity coupling strength, and the conversion between slow light and fast light can also be achieved by adjusting the atom–cavity coupling strength. These results may have potential applications for quantum information processing and high precision measurements.

Majorana fermions induced fast-and slow-light in a hybrid semiconducting nanowire/superconductor device

We investigate theoretically Rabi-like splitting and Fano resonance in absorption spectra of quantum dots(QDs)based on a hybrid QD-semiconducting nanowire/superconductor(SNW/SC)device mediated by Majorana fermions(MFs).Under the condition of pump on-resonance and off-resonance,the absorption spectrum experiences the conversion from Fano resonance to Rabi-like splitting in different parametric regimes.In addition,the Fano resonances are accompanied by the rapid normal phase dispersion,which will indicate the coherent optical propagation.The results indicate that the group velocity index is tunable with controlling the interaction between the QD and MFs,which can reach the conversion between the fast-and slow-light.Fano resonance will be another method to detect MFs and our research may indicate prospective applications in quantum information processing based on the hybrid QD-SNW/SC devices.

Tunable optomechanically induced transparency and fast-slow light in a loop-coupled optomechanical system

We theoretically explore the tunability of optomechanically induced transparency(OMIT)phenomenon and fast-slow light effect in a loop-coupled hybrid optomechanical system in which two optical modes are coupled to a common mechanical mode.In the probe output spectrum,we find that the interference phenomena OMIT caused by the optomechanical interactions and the normal mode splitting(NMS)induced by the strong tunnel coupling between the cavities can be observed.We further observe that the tunnel interaction will affect the distance and the heights of the sideband absorption peaks.The results also show that the switch from absorption to amplification can be realized by tuning the driving strength because of the existence of stability condition.Except from modulating the tunnel interaction,the conversion between slow light and fast light also can be achieved by adjusting the optomechanical interaction in the output field.This study may provide a potential application in the fields of high precision measurement and quantum information processing.

Multi-window transparency and fast–slow light switching in a quadratically coupled optomechanical system assisted with three-level atoms

We study theoretically the features of the output field of a quadratically coupled optomechanical system assisted with three-level atoms. In this system, the atoms interact with the cavity field and are driven by a classical field, and the cavity is driven by a strong coupling field and a weak signal field. We find that there exists a multi-window transparency phenomenon. The width of the transparent windows can be adjusted by controlling the system parameters, including the number of the atoms, the powers of the lasers driving the atoms and driving the cavity, and the environment temperature. We also find that a tunable switch from fast light to slow light can be realized in this system.

Enhancement of the group delay in quadratic coupling optomechanical systems subjected to an external force

We theoretically study the effect of the quadratic coupling strength on optomechanical systems subjected to a continuous external force. Quadratic coupling strength originates from strong coupling between the optical and the mechanical degrees of freedom. We show that the quadratic coupling strength reduces the amplitude of the dispersion spectra at the resonance in both blue-and red-sideband regimes. However, it increases(decreases) the amplitude of the absorption spectrum in the blue-(red-)sideband regime. Furthermore, in both sideband regimes, the effective detuning between the pump and the cavity deviates with the quadratic coupling strength. Thereby, appropriate selection of the quadratic coupling strength results in an important magnification(in absolute value) of the group delay for both slow and fast light exiting from the optomechanical cavity.

Time gap for temporal cloak based on spectral hole burning in atomic medium

We demonstrate the possibility of creating a time gap in the slow light based on spectral hole burning in a fourlevel Doppler broadened sodium atomic system. A time gap is also observed between the slow and the fast light in the hole burning region and near the burnt hole region, respectively. A cloaking time gap is attained in microseconds and no distortion is observed in the transmitted pulse. The width of the time gap is observed to vary with the inverse Doppler effect in this system. Our results may provide a way to create multiple time gaps for a temporal cloak.

Slow and fast light in quantum-well and quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers Invited Paper

Slow and fast light in quantum-well （QW） and quantum-dot （QD） semiconductor optical amplifiers （SOAs） using nonlinear quantum optical effects are presented. We demonstrate electrical and optical controls of fast light using the coherent population oscillation （CPO） and four wave mixing （FWM） in the gain regime of QW SOAs. We then consider the dependence on the wavelength and modal gain of the pump in QW SOAs. To enhance the tunable photonic delay of a single QW SOA, we explore a serial cascade of multiple amplifiers. A model for the number of QW SOAs in series with variable optical attenuation is developed and matched to the experimental data. We demonstrate the scaling law and the bandwidth control by using the serial cascade of multiple QW SOAs. Experimentally, we achieve a phase change of 160^o and a scaling factor of four at 1 GHz using the cascade of four QW SOAs. Finally, we investigate CPO and FWM slow and fast light of QD SOAs. The experiment shows that the bandwidth of the time delay as a function of the modulation frequency changes in the absorption and gain regimes due to the carrier-lifetime variation. The tunable phase shift in QD SOA is compared between the ground- and first excited-state transitions with different modal gains.

Preparation of Covalently-colored Polymer Latex via Batch Emulsion Polymerization

Covalently-colored polymer latex was synthesized via batch emulsion copolymerization of styrene, butyl acry- late and methacrylic acid in the presence of red polymerizable dye monomer consisting of anthraquinone chromo- phore, alkyl spacer and acryloyl group, and the influences of the initiator, surfactant and polymerizable dye on the polymerization and the latex properties were investigated. Results showed that the initiator amount was a determi- native factor for the monomer conversion, and a high conversion of the polymerizable dye could be achieved when the ammonium persulfate amount was equal to or more than 1 wt% to the total monomers. Most of the chromo- phores were covalently bonded to the polymer chains if the polymerizable dye was used in the range of 0-1.5 wt% The light fastness of the resulting latex fihn was much better than that of the noncovalently-colored polymer film.

Enhanced Plasmonic-Induced Absorption Using a Cascade Scheme and Its Application as Refractive-Index Sensor

In this paper,we describe a new method to improve fast-light transmission,which uses cascades.We design a simple plasmonic device that enables plasmonic-induced absorption(PIA).It consists mainly of two parallel rectangular cavities.The numerical results simulated by using the finite element method(FEM)confirm its function.The corresponding group delay-time can reach-0.146 ps for the PIA window.Based on this result,we propose a cascade device,with the dual-rectangular cavity system as building block,to improve fast-light transmission even more.The results indicate that the cascade scheme can increase the group delay-time to-0.456 ps,which means the fast-light feature is substantially enhanced compared with the non-cascading approach.The effect of the distance between two cascade resonators and other structural parameters is also investigated.Finally,we use this design concept to build a refractive-index sensor with a sensitivity of 701 nm/RIU.

Manipulation of Coherent Optical Propagation Based on Monolayer MoS2 Resonator

Atomically thin two-dimensional semiconductor nanomaterials have attained considerable attention currently.We here theoretically investigate the phenomena of slow and superluminal light based on the MoS2 resonator system driven by two-tone fields.Superluminal and ultraslow probe light without absorption can be obtained via manipulating the pump laser on-and off-resonant with the exciton frequency under different parameters regimes,respectively,of which the magnitude is larger than that in a carbon nanotube resonator.The bandwidth of the probe spectrum determined by the quality factor Q of MoS2 resonator is also presented.Furthermore,we also demonstrate the phenomenon of phonon induced transparency and show an optical transistor in the system.The all-optical device based on MoS2 resonator may indicate potential chip-scale applications in quantum information with the currently popular pump-probe technology.