All-Optical Analog to Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Multiple Coupled Photonic Crystal Cavities

Xiaodong Yang, Mingbin Yu, Dim-Lee Kwong, and Chee Wei Wong

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 173902 – Published 30 April 2009

Abstract

We report first observations of deterministic phase- and resonance-controlled all-optical electromagnetically induced transparency in multiple coupled photonic crystal cavities. The full-range tuning of coherently coupled cavity-cavity phase and resonances allow observations of transparency resonance in dark states with lifetimes longer than incoherently summed individual cavities. Supported by theoretical analyses, our multipump beam approach allows arbitrary control in two and three coupled cavities, while the standing-wave wavelength-scale photon localization allows direct scalability for chip-scale optical pulse trapping and coupled-cavity QED.

Received 11 October 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.173902

Authors & Affiliations

Xiaodong Yang^1,*, Mingbin Yu², Dim-Lee Kwong², and Chee Wei Wong^1,†

¹Optical Nanostructures Laboratory, Center for Integrated Science and Engineering, Solid-State Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
²The Institute of Microelectronics, 11 Science Park Road, Singapore 117685, Singapore

^*xy2103@columbia.edu
^†cww2104@columbia.edu

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Vol. 102, Iss. 17 — 1 May 2009

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