Continuous quantum light from a dark atom

The ability of optically dark states to protect against decoherence makes them useful for the generation of entangled photons. Here, a continuous stream of single photons is generated by a controllable quantum Zeno effect between entangled atom–photon states.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Karl Nicolas Tolazzi, Bo Wang, Christopher Ianzano, Jonas Neumeier, Celso Jorge Villas-Boas, Gerhard Rempe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00559-7