RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Phys Rev Lett. 2010 May 14;104(19):193601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.193601. Epub 2010 May 11.
We present experimental observation of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) on a single macroscopic artificial "atom" (superconducting quantum system) coupled to open 1D space of a transmission line. Unlike in an optical media with many atoms, the single-atom EIT in 1D space is revealed in suppression of reflection of electromagnetic waves, rather than absorption. The observed almost 100% modulation of the reflection and transmission of propagating microwaves demonstrates full controllability of individual artificial atoms and a possibility to manipulate the atomic states. The system can be used as a switchable mirror of microwaves and opens a good perspective for its applications in photonic quantum information processing and other fields.
我们在单个宏观人工“原子”(超导量子系统)与传输线的开放式 1D 空间耦合的情况下,观察到了电磁感应透明(EIT)的实验现象。与具有多个原子的光学介质不同,在 1D 空间中单原子 EIT 表现为对电磁波反射的抑制,而不是吸收。观察到的对传播微波的反射和传输的近 100%的调制,证明了单个人工原子的完全可控性,以及操纵原子状态的可能性。该系统可用作微波可切换的反射镜,并为其在光子量子信息处理和其他领域的应用开辟了良好的前景。