Low-loss nonlinear polaritonics

ORAL

Abstract

We propose large low-loss cross-phase modulation between two coupled surface polaritons propagating through a double electromagnetically-induced transparency medium situated close to a negative-index metamaterial. A mutual pi phase shift is attainable between the two pulses at the single photon level.

*Supported by iCORE, NSERC, KACST, CIFAR, and RFBR grant \#08-07-00449.

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Authors

  • Barry Sanders

    • University of Calgary

  • Sergey Moiseev

    • Kazan Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

  • Ali Kamli

    • King Khalid University