%0 Journal Article %1 Weis2010Optomechanically %A Weis, S. %A Riviere, R. %A Deleglise, S. %A Gavartin, E. %A Arcizet, O. %A Schliesser, A. %A Kippenberg, T. J. %D 2010 %K transparency applications optomechanics %T Optomechanically induced transparency %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.0565 %X Coherent interaction of laser radiation with multilevel atoms and molecules can lead to quantum interference in the electronic excitation pathways. A prominent example observed in atomic three-level-systems is the phenomenon of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), in which a control laser induces a narrow spectral transparency window for a weak probe laser beam. The concomitant rapid variation of the refractive index in this spectral window can give rise to dramatic reduction of the group velocity of a propagating pulse of probe light. Dynamic control of EIT via the control laser enables even a complete stop, that is, storage, of probe light pulses in the atomic medium. Here, we demonstrate optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT)--formally equivalent to EIT--in a cavity optomechanical system operating in the resolved sideband regime. A control laser tuned to the lower motional sideband of the cavity resonance induces a dipole-like interaction of optical and mechanical degrees of freedom. Under these conditions, the destructive interference of excitation pathways for an intracavity probe field gives rise to a window of transparency when a two-photon resonance condition is met. As a salient feature of EIT, the power of the control laser determines the width and depth of the probe transparency window. OMIT could therefore provide a new approach for delaying, slowing and storing light pulses in long-lived mechanical excitations of optomechanical systems, whose optical and mechanical properties can be tailored in almost arbitrary ways in the micro- and nano-optomechanical platforms developed to date.

@article{Weis2010Optomechanically, abstract = {{Coherent interaction of laser radiation with multilevel atoms and molecules can lead to quantum interference in the electronic excitation pathways. A prominent example observed in atomic three-level-systems is the phenomenon of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), in which a control laser induces a narrow spectral transparency window for a weak probe laser beam. The concomitant rapid variation of the refractive index in this spectral window can give rise to dramatic reduction of the group velocity of a propagating pulse of probe light. Dynamic control of EIT via the control laser enables even a complete stop, that is, storage, of probe light pulses in the atomic medium. Here, we demonstrate optomechanically induced transparency (OMIT)--formally equivalent to EIT--in a cavity optomechanical system operating in the resolved sideband regime. A control laser tuned to the lower motional sideband of the cavity resonance induces a dipole-like interaction of optical and mechanical degrees of freedom. Under these conditions, the destructive interference of excitation pathways for an intracavity probe field gives rise to a window of transparency when a two-photon resonance condition is met. As a salient feature of EIT, the power of the control laser determines the width and depth of the probe transparency window. OMIT could therefore provide a new approach for delaying, slowing and storing light pulses in long-lived mechanical excitations of optomechanical systems, whose optical and mechanical properties can be tailored in almost arbitrary ways in the micro- and nano-optomechanical platforms developed to date.}}, added-at = {2013-09-09T23:59:35.000+0200}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, author = {Weis, S. and Riviere, R. and Deleglise, S. and Gavartin, E. and Arcizet, O. and Schliesser, A. and Kippenberg, T. J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/238b416f8c9008827a2d17977fc4c9fb1/jacksankey}, citeulike-article-id = {7589434}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.0565}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/1007.0565}, day = 4, eprint = {1007.0565}, interhash = {c421668cd34856692fcaa5ac5e12c664}, intrahash = {38b416f8c9008827a2d17977fc4c9fb1}, keywords = {transparency applications optomechanics}, month = jul, posted-at = {2010-08-08 22:43:01}, priority = {5}, timestamp = {2013-09-10T00:17:08.000+0200}, title = {{Optomechanically induced transparency}}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.0565}, year = 2010 }