Chiral Nonlinear Optics and Optical Control
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.14871v1
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:20:01 GMT
- Title: Chiral Nonlinear Optics and Optical Control
- Abstract summary: Chiral light-matter interactions lie at the heart of emerging technologies such as quantum network protocols and quantum logic gates.<n>We present a model for nonlinear, chiral interactions in waveguides using a Green's formalism.<n>By modulating a stronger control beam, we can manipulate a weaker signal beam that contains much less than a single photon per emitter lifetime.
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- Abstract: Chiral light-matter interactions lie at the heart of emerging technologies such as quantum network protocols and quantum logic gates. In the few photon regime, it has been shown that chiral interactions between photons and a waveguide-embedded two-level quantum emitter can break reciprocity and impart a directional $π$ phase shift while the transmission remains intact. In this work, we present a model for multicolor, chiral nonlinear interactions in waveguides using a Green's Tensor formalism. We challenge previously held notions and demonstrate the complex photon dynamics hidden in multicolor light-matter interactions in the few photon regime. By modulating a stronger control beam, we can manipulate a weaker signal beam that contains much less than a single photon per emitter lifetime, on average. We develop equations for the transmission of the signal photons and removing the control photons to uncover the true strength of these nonlinearities, which we show is stronger than what is possible in symmetric geometries. The model predicts tunable unity extinction and up to 30% amplification in the signal, a $\sim$100x increase from standard predictions in which control photons are present. We also predict a tunable 0-$π$ phase shift via control modulation with significant robustness to emitter imperfections. Our model opens a new regime of directional nonlinear quantum light-matter interactions for study, providing a route to efficient all-optical control of photons.
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