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Efficient polarization beam splitter based on the optimized stationary light pulse

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A tripod-double M type atomic system is proposed for generating stationary light pulse (SLP) encoded in degree of freedom of polarization, and realizing configurable polarization beam splitter through the active operation of the controlling fields and the additional intensity-modulated weak microwave fields. Compared to the previous work [Phys. Rev. A, 100 (2019) 013844], the present one has the following advantages: (1) the generated SLP and the retrieved signal field can be amplified or decreased in a controllable manner, (2) beam-splitting ratio of the left and the right circularly polarized components can be flexibly and continuously configurable in a wide range, and (3) the frequency and the polarization state of the input signal field can be converted. The current scheme, integrating multiple functions and showing excellent performance, may find promising applications in all-optical information processing.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 11604174, 11704214, 11975132 and 61772295), by Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant No. ZR2019YQ001), and by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Provincial Education Department (Grant No. GJJ191683).

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    Tianhui Qiu, Qian Liu, Wei Jiang, Libo Chen, Yuncai Feng, Peipei Xin & Xiaolong Zhao

  2. Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies Engineering Laboratory of Shandong, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266061, China

    Hui Li

  3. College of Physics and Communication Electronics, and Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, China

    Min Xie

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Qiu, T., Li, H., Xie, M. et al. Efficient polarization beam splitter based on the optimized stationary light pulse. Quantum Inf Process 20, 115 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-021-03050-y

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