Fermionized photons in an array of driven dissipative nonlinear cavities

Year: 2009

Authors: Carusotto I., Gerace D., Tureci H., De Liberato S., Ciuti C., Imamoglu A.

Autors Affiliation: BEC-CNR-INFM and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita` di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Italy;
Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland;
CNISM and Dipartimento di Fisica ‘‘A. Volta,’’ Universita` di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
Laboratoire Mate´riaux et Phe´nome`nes Quantiques, Universite´ Paris Diderot-Paris 7 and CNRS, UMR 7162, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France;
Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain, E´ cole Normale Supe´rieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France

Abstract: We theoretically investigate the optical response of a one-dimensional array of strongly nonlinear optical microcavities. When the optical nonlinearity is much larger than both losses and intercavity tunnel coupling, the nonequilibrium steady state of the system is reminiscent of a strongly correlated Tonks-Girardeau gas of impenetrable bosons. Signatures of strong correlations are identified in the transmission spectrum of the system, as well as in the intensity correlations of the transmitted light. Possible experimental implementations in state-of-the-art solid-state devices are discussed.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Volume: 103 (3)      Pages from: 033601  to: 033601

KeyWords: fermionization; Tonks-Girardeau gas; photons; correlations;
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.033601

Citations: 217
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