Optical Frequency Tweezers

Rikizo Ikuta, Masayo Yokota, Toshiki Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Imoto, and Takashi Yamamoto
Phys. Rev. Applied 17, 034012 – Published 4 March 2022

Abstract

We show a concept of optical frequency tweezers for tweezing light in the optical frequency domain with a high resolution, which is the frequency version of optical tweezers for the spatial manipulation of microscopic objects. We report a proof-of-principle experiment via frequency conversion inside a cavity only for the converted light. Owing to the atypical configuration, the experiment successfully achieves the tweezing operation in the frequency domain, which picks light at a target frequency from the frequency-multiplexed input light and converts it to a different frequency, without touching any other light sitting in different frequency positions and shaking the frequency by the pump light.

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  • Received 10 September 2021
  • Revised 8 November 2021
  • Accepted 11 February 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.17.034012

© 2022 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Quantum Information, Science & TechnologyAtomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

Rikizo Ikuta1,2,*, Masayo Yokota1, Toshiki Kobayashi1,2, Nobuyuki Imoto2, and Takashi Yamamoto1,2

  • 1Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
  • 2Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

  • *ikuta@mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

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Vol. 17, Iss. 3 — March 2022

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