Theoretical modeling demonstrates near-unity deterministic single-photon subtraction in chiral waveguide systems, highlighting a practical pathway using solid-state quantum emitters.
We propose a scheme for deterministic single photon subtraction based on Single Photon Raman Interaction (SPRINT) with a three-level quantum emitter coupled to a chiral waveguide and present an analytical and numerical study of its feasibility. We show that single photon subtraction probability for pulsed input light in a coherent or a Fock state can approach unity in the ideal limit and discuss the potential of various reported quantum emitter-waveguide platforms as candidates for experimental realization of our scheme. The use of chiral slow-light photonic crystal waveguides coupled to Λ -type emitters can perform efficient photon subtraction. While integrating cold atoms to such systems remains technically challenging, solid-state emitters offer a potentially practical path to realize such photon subtraction.
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