Controlled Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and Fano Resonances in Hybrid BEC-Optomechanics

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 22651
• Main Authors: Yasir, Kashif Ammar, Liu, Wu-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.03.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/766/119/2791; 639/766/400/482; Atomic physics; Atoms & subatomic particles; Cigars; Humanities and Social Sciences; Investigations; Laboratories; Lasers; Light effects; multidisciplinary; Optics; Physics; Radiation; Science; Transparence
• DOI: 10.1038/srep22651
• ISSN: 2045-2322

Cavity-optomechanics, a tool to manipulate mechanical effects of light to couple optical field with other physical objects, is the subject of increasing investigations, especially with regards to electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). EIT, a result of Fano interference among different atomic transition levels, has acquired a significant importance in many areas of physics, such as atomic physics and quantum optics. However, controllability of such multi-dimensional systems has remained a crucial issue. In this report, we investigate the controllability of EIT and Fano resonances in hybrid optomechanical system composed of cigar-shaped Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), trapped inside high-finesse Fabry-Pérot cavity with one vibrational mirror, driven by a single mode optical field and a transverse pump field. The transverse field is used to control the phenomenon of EIT. It is detected that the strength of transverse field is not only efficiently amplifying or attenuating out-going optical mode but also providing an opportunity to enhance the strength of Fano-interactions which leads to the amplification of EIT-window. To observe these phenomena in laboratory, we suggest a certain set of experimental parameters. The results provide a route for tunable manipulation of optical phenomena, like EIT, which could be a significant step in quantum engineering.