Quantum nondemolition measurement of photon number via optical Kerr effect in an ultra-high- Q microtoroid cavity

  • Yun Feng Xiao
  • , Şahin Kaya Özdemir
  • , Venkat Gaddam
  • , Chun Hua Dong
  • , Nobuyuki Imoto
  • , Lan Yang

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Abstract

We theoretically investigate a quantum nondemolition (QND) measurement with optical Kerr effect in an ultra-high-Q microtoroidal system. The analytical and numerical results predict that the present QND measurement scheme possesses a high sensitivity, which allows for detecting few photons or even single photons. Ultra-high-Q toroidal microcavity may provide a novel experimental platform to study quantum physics with nonlinear optics at low light levels.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21462-21475
Number of pages14
JournalOptics Express
Volume16
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 22 2008

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