Chiral Quantum Optics using Topological Photonics

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dc.contributor.advisorWaks, Edo EWen_US
dc.contributor.advisorHafezi, Mohammad MFen_US
dc.contributor.authorBarik, Sabaysachien_US
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-14T06:34:38Z
dc.date.available2021-02-14T06:34:38Z
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.description.abstractTopological photonics has opened new avenues to designing photonic devices along with opening a plethora of applications. Recently, even though there have been many interesting studies in topological photonics in the classical domain, the quantum regime has remained largely unexplored. In this thesis, I will demonstrate a recently developed topological photonic crystal structure for interfacing a single quantum dot spin with a photon to realize light-matter interaction with topolog-ical photonic states. Developed on a thin slab of Gallium Arsenide(GaAs) mem- brane with electron beam lithography, such a device supports two robust counter- propagating edge states at the boundary of two distinct topological photonic crystals at near-IR wavelength. I will show the chiral coupling of circularly polarized lights emitted from a single Indium Arsenide(InAs) quantum dot under a strong magnetic field into these topological edge modes. Owing to the topological nature of these guided modes, I will demonstrate this photon routing to be robust against sharp corners along the waveguide. Additionally, taking it further into the cavity-QED regime, we will build a topological photonic crystal resonator. This new type of resonator will be based on valley-Hall topological physics and sustain two counter- propagating resonator modes. Thanks to the robustness of the topological edge modes to sharp bends, the newly formed resonators can take various shapes, the simplest one being a triangular optical resonator. We will study the chiral coupling of such resonator modes with a single quantum dot emission. Moreover, we will show an intensity enhancement of a single dot emission when it resonantly couples with a cavity mode. This new topological photonic crystal platform paves paths for fault-tolerant complex photonic circuits, secure quantum computation, and explor- ing unconventional quantum states of light and chiral spin networks.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/h44u-msw2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/26808
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledQuantum physicsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPhysicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPhotonic circuitsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPhotonic crystalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledQuantum dotsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledQuantum Opticsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTopological physicsen_US
dc.titleChiral Quantum Optics using Topological Photonicsen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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