Vectorial light–matter interaction: Exploring spatially structured complex light fields

J Wang, F Castellucci, S Franke-Arnold - AVS Quantum Science, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Research on spatially structured light has seen an explosion in activity over the past
decades, powered by technological advances for generating such light and driven by …

Optical angular momentum and atoms

S Franke-Arnold - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Any coherent interaction of light and atoms needs to conserve energy, linear momentum and
angular momentum. What happens to an atom's angular momentum if it encounters light that …

Coherent transfer of optical vortices via backward four-wave mixing in a double- atomic system

C Meng, T Shui, WX Yang - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
We propose and analyze an efficient scheme for the coherent transfer of optical vortices in a
cold atomic ensemble with four-level double-Λ configuration. The orbital angular-momentum …

Atomic compass: detecting 3D magnetic field alignment with vector vortex light

F Castellucci, TW Clark, A Selyem, J Wang… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We describe and demonstrate how 3D magnetic field alignment can be inferred from single
absorption images of an atomic cloud. While optically pumped magnetometers …

Exchange of optical vortices in symmetry-broken quantum systems

SH Asadpour, E Paspalakis, HR Hamedi - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We investigate the interaction of laser pulses carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) with
a symmetry-broken ladder-type quantum coupling scheme involving three internal states. A …

Long-lived memory for orbital angular momentum quantum states

YH Ye, L Zeng, MX Dong, WH Zhang, EZ Li, DC Li… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Quantum memories that are capable of storing multiple spatial modes offer advantages in
speed and robustness when incorporated into quantum networks. When it comes to spatial …

Efficient spatiotemporal-vortex four-wave mixing in a semiconductor nanostructure

Z Wang, Y Zhang, E Paspalakis, B Yu - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We propose a scheme to demonstrate spatiotemporal-vortex four-wave mixing (FWM) in an
asymmetric semiconductor double quantum-well nanostructure. It is found that the orbital …

Azimuthal modulation of electromagnetically induced transparency using structured light

HR Hamedi, V Kudriašov, J Ruseckas… - Optics Express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Recently a scheme has been proposed for detection of the structured light by measuring the
transmission of a vortex beam through a cloud of cold rubidium atoms with energy levels of …

Light-induced enhanced torque on double-V-type quantum emitters via quantum interference in spontaneous emission

HR Hamedi, J Ruseckas, V Yannopapas… - Optics & Laser …, 2023 - Elsevier
We consider interaction of a pair of counterpropagating spatially inhomogeneous weak
vortex beams with a quantum emitter that has a double-V level scheme and closely situated …

Control of space-dependent four-wave mixing in a four-level atomic system

J Qiu, Z Wang, D Ding, Z Huang, B Yu - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We propose a scheme to demonstrate the manipulation of space-dependent four-wave
mixing (FWM) in a four-level atomic system. By adjusting the detuning of the control field …