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Coherent control of single photons in the cross resonator arrays via the dark state mechanism

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We study the single photon transfer in a hybrid system where the normal modes of two coupled resonator arrays interact with two transition arms of a Λ-type atom localised in the intersectional resonator. It is found that, due to the Fano-Feshbach effect based on the dark state of the Λ-type atom, the photon transfer in one array can be well controlled by the bound state of the photon in the other array. This conceptual setup could be implemented in some practical cavity QED system to realise a quantum switch for single photon.

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  1. Key laboratory of Frontiers in theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, P.R. China

    Tian Tian & Dazhi Xu

  2. School of Physics, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P.R. China

    Tai-Yu Zheng

  3. Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, 100084, P.R. China

    Chang-Pu Sun

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Tian, T., Xu, D., Zheng, TY. et al. Coherent control of single photons in the cross resonator arrays via the dark state mechanism. Eur. Phys. J. D 67, 69 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2013-30636-2

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