Single photon nonlinearities using arrays of cold polar molecules (2009)
Rajapakse, R. M., Bragdon, T., Rey, A. M., Calarco, T., Yelin, S. F.
We model single photon nonlinearities via the dipole-dipole interactions of cold polar molecules. We propose utilizing "dark state polaritons" to effectively couple photon and molecular states;...
Electromagnetically induced spatial light modulation (2008)
Zhao, L., Wang, T., Yelin, S. F.
We theoretically report that, utilizing electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), the transverse spatial properties of weak probe fields can be fast modulated by using optical patterns (e.g....
Photon generation from vacuum in non-stationary circuit QED (2008)
Dodonov, A. V., Celeri, L. C., Pascoal, F., Lukin, M. D., Yelin, S. F.
We study theoretically the non-stationary circuit QED system in which the artificial atom transition frequency has a small periodic modulation in time, prescribed externally. We show that, in the...
Formation of deeply bound molecules via chainwise adiabatic passage (2008)
Kuznetsova, Elena, Pellegrini, Philippe, Côté, Robin, Lukin, M. D., Yelin, S. F.
We suggest and analyze a novel technique for efficient and robust creation of dense ultracold molecular ensembles in their ground rovibrational state. In our approach a molecule is brought to the...
Coherent Graphene Devices: Movable Mirrors, Buffers and Memories (2008)
We theoretically report that, at a sharp electrostatic step potential in graphene, massless Dirac fermions can obtain Goos-H\"{a}nchen-like shifts under total internal reflection. Based on these...
Image Storage in Hot Vapors (2007)
Zhao, L., Wang, T., Xiao, Y., Yelin, S. F.
We theoretically investigate image propagation and storage in hot atomic vapor. A $4f$ system is adopted for imaging and an atomic vapor cell is placed over the transform plane. The Fraunhofer...
Diffusion induced decoherence of stored optical vortices (2007)
Wang, T., Zhao, L., Jiang, L., Yelin, S. F.
We study the coherence properties of optical vortices stored in atomic ensembles. In the presence of thermal diffusion, the topological nature of stored optical vortices is found not to guarantee...
Fast mode of rotating atoms in one-dimensional lattice rings (2007)
We study the rotation of atoms in one-dimensional lattice rings. In particular, the "fast mode", where the ground state atoms rotate faster than the stirring rotating the atoms, is studied both...
Superradiance in ultracold Rydberg gases (2007)
Wang, T, Yelin, S. F, Côte, Renaud; U0051201, Eyler, E. E, Farooqi, S. M, Gould, P. L, ...
Experiments in dense, ultracold gases of rubidium Rydberg atoms show a considerable decrease of the radiative excited state lifetimes compared to dilute gases. This accelerated decay is explained by...
Schemes for robust quantum computation with polar molecules (2006)
Yelin, S. F., Kirby, K., Cote, R.
We propose to use a new platform - ultracold polar molecules - for quantum computing with switchable interactions. The on/off switch is accomplished by selective excitation of one of the "0" or "1"...
Correlation in superradiance: A closed-form approach to cooperative effects (2005)
Yelin, S. F., Kostrun, M., Wang, Tun, Fleischhauer, M.
We have developed a novel method to describe superradiance and related cooperative and collective effects in a closed form. Using the method we derive a two-atom master equation in which any...
Superradiance in ultracold Rydberg gases (2005)
Wang, Tun, Yelin, S. F., Cote, R., Eyler, E. E., Farooqi, S. M., Gould, P. L., ...
Experiments in dense, ultracold gases of rubidium Rydberg atoms show a considerable decrease of the radiative excited state lifetimes compared to dilute gases. This accelerated decay is explained by...
Theory for Raman superradiance in atomic gases (2005)
A mean field theory for Raman superradiance (SR) with recoil is presented, where the typical SR signatures are recovered, such as quadratic dependence of the intensity on the number of atoms and...
Time-frequency bases for BB84 protocol (2003)
The bases traditionally used for quantum key distribution (QKD) are a 0 or pi/2 polarization or alternatively a 0 or pi/2 phase measured by interferometry. We introduce a new set of bases, i.e....
Nonlinear optics via double dark resonances (2003)
Yelin, S. F., Sautenkov, V. A., Kash, M. M., Welch, G. R., Lukin, M. D.
Double dark resonances originate from a coherent perturbation of a system displaying electromagnetically induced transparency. We experimentally show and theoretically confirm that this leads to the...
Entanglement of Atomic Ensembles by Trapping Correlated Photon States (2001)
Lukin, M. D., Yelin, S. F., Fleischhauer, M.
Abstract: We describe a general technique that allows for an ideal transfer of quantum correlations between light fields and metastable states of matter. The technique is based on trapping quantum...
How to Trap Photons? Storing Single-Photon Quantum States in Collective Atomic Excitations (2001)
Fleischhauer, M., Yelin, S.F., Lukin, M. D.
Abstract: We show that it is possible to "store" quantum states of single-photon fields by mapping them onto collective meta-stable states of an optically dense, coherently driven medium inside an...
Lukin, M. D., Yelin, S.F., Fleischhauer, M., Scully, M. O.
Abstract: We predict the possibility of sharp, high-contrast resonances in the optical response of a broad class of systems, wherein interference effects are generated by coherent perturbation or...
A novel class of coherent nonlinear optical phenomena, involving induced transparency in quantum wells, is considered in the context of a particular application to sensitive long-wavelength infrared...
Entanglement of Atomic Ensembles by Trapping Correlated Photon States (1999)
Lukin, M. D., Yelin, S. F., Fleischhauer, M.
We describe a general technique that allows for an ideal transfer of quantum correlations between light fields and metastable states of matter. The technique is based on trapping quantum states of...
How to Trap Photons? Storing Single-Photon Quantum States in Collective Atomic Excitations (1999)
Fleischhauer, M., Yelin, S. F., Lukin, M. D.
We show that it is possible to ``store'' quantum states of single-photon fields by mapping them onto {\it collective} meta-stable states of an optically dense, coherently driven medium inside an...
Lukin, M. D., Yelin, S. F., Fleischhauer, M., Scully, M. O.
We predict the possibility of sharp, high-contrast resonances in the optical response of a broad class of systems, wherein interference effects are generated by coherent perturbation or interaction...