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ArticleNature communications2024

Storing light near an exceptional point.

Yicheng Zhu, Jiankun Hou, Qi Geng, Boyi Xue, Yuping Chen, Xianfeng Chen, Li Ge, Wenjie Wan

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Yicheng ZhuState Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Jiankun HouState Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Qi GengState Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Boyi XueState Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Yuping ChenDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3969-7119
Xianfeng ChenDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7574-2047
Li GeDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA. li.ge@csi.cuny.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1922-4464
Wenjie WanState Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. wenjie.wan@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9743-3480

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photons with zero rest mass are impossible to be stopped. However, a pulse of light can be slowed down and even halted through strong light-matter interaction in a dispersive medium in atomic systems. Exceptional point (EP), a non-Hermitian singularity point, can introduce an abrupt transition in dispersion. Here we experimentally observe room-temperature storing light near an exceptional point induced by nonlinear Brillouin scattering in a chip-scale 90-μm-radius optical microcavity, the smallest platform up to date to store light. Through nonlinear coupling, a Parity-Time (PT) symmetry can be constructed in optical-acoustical hybrid modes, where Brillouin scattering-induced absorption (BSIA) can lead to both slow light and fast light of incoming pulses. A subtle transition of slow-to-fast light reveals a critical point for storing a light pulse up to half a millisecond. This compact and room-temperature scheme of storing light paves the way for practical applications in all-optical communications and quantum information processing.

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