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Quantum Routing on Single Photons with Π-Shaped Channels

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We propose a single-photon router that is made of three coupled-resonator forming a Π-type waveguide. The two atoms embedded in the two junctions, which have the distance of 2d, are used as quantum switch to control single photons routing. We find that the scattered rate depend on the incident single photons come from either infinite CRWs or semi-infinite CRWs, and the boundary can enhance the transfer rate.

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Thanks for the beneficial discussion with Professor Lan Zhou, who gives some useful suggestion refer to this paper.

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  1. School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China

    Min-Min Zhang, Jiao-Jiao Hou, Chun Wu & Xiong Yang

  2. Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Structures and Quantum Control of Ministry of Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China

    Min-Min Zhang, Jiao-Jiao Hou, Chun Wu & Xiong Yang

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Zhang, MM., Hou, JJ., Wu, C. et al. Quantum Routing on Single Photons with Π-Shaped Channels. Int J Theor Phys 58, 1711–1720 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-019-04042-6

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