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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 31: Poster: Quantum Optics and Photonics II

Q 31.63: Poster

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 17:00–19:00, C/Foyer

One-directional Quantum Synchronization of Atomic Ensembles — •Alexander Roth and Klemens Hammerer — Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leibniz University Hannover

In the classical regime, as first demonstrated by Huygens, can coupled oscillators undergo phase-synchronization and it has been shown that two detuned ensembles of atoms coupled by a cavity show a similar synchronization, but in the quantum regime [1]. We are investigating if and how this effect emerges if the coupling of the two ensembles is one-directional. This coupling can be realized with the atom clouds in two separate, cascaded cavities creating a one-directional coupling between the cavities.

[1] PRL 113.15 (Oct. 6, 2014) M. Xu, D. Tieri, E. Fine, J. K. Thompson, and M. Holland. “Synchronization of Two Ensembles of Atoms”.