Quantum routing of single photons within a specified frequency range
Xin Zhang, Xingmin Li · Physical Review A · 2024
The quantum routing of single photons takes the central role in an optical quantum network. The matching between the routing probability and the selected frequency of single photons limits the robustness and universality of the quantum router. Here, we investigate how to implement the quantum routing of single photons within bandwidth frequencies by two cavities embedding atoms acting as quantum nodes. We show that the routing capabilities of the single photons and the range of the frequencies can be manipulated by properly designing the chiral coupling strengths and the channel boundaries. Also, we demonstrate that the incident single photons, within bandwidth frequencies, can be completely routed to the targeted output port. This is particularly important to construct optical quantum networks within bandwidth frequencies in the future.