Magneto-optical switching and routing via coherently induced photonic band gaps in a driven F-e=0 <-> F-g=1 transition

作者:Wan, Ren-Gang*; Kou, Jun; Jiang, Li; Jiang, Yun; Gao, Jin-Yue
来源:Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics , 2011, 44(6): 065502.
DOI:10.1088/0953-4075/44/6/065502

摘要

In an F-e = 0 <-> F-g = 1 transition interacting with a weak pi-polarized probe and a strong sigma-polarized standing-wave coupling, we obtain single or double photonic band gaps depending on the applied magnetic field. Moreover, the coherently induced two-photonic-band gap structure can be tuned by the magnitude of the magnetic field. Such a magnetic-field-dependent feature is exploited to devise magneto-optical switching and routing of two light pulses. The efficient magneto-optical control of light propagation may have applications in an optical network and optical information processing.

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