title: Large Kerr nonlinearities on cavity-atom polaritons.
abstract: I analyze a scheme that is capable of producing large Kerr nonlinearities on cavity-atom polaritons in a cavity quantum electrodynamics system consisting of multiple three-level atoms confined in a cavity mode. A weak control laser coupled to the atoms from free space induces destructive quantum interference in the polariton excitation of the coupled cavity-atom system and creates large Kerr nonlinearities on the intra-cavity light field. The scheme can be used for optical switching or cross-phase modulation of the cavity-atom polariton at ultralow light levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199-0001, USA. yifuzhu@fiu.edu
authors.forename: Yifu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu