Coherent Control of the Waveforms of Recoilless Gamma-Photons

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel method for coherently controlling gamma-photon waveforms through resonant nuclear interactions, enabling temporal compression and advancing quantum gamma-optics.

Contribution

It introduces an experimental technique for waveform control of gamma-photons using modulated nuclear ensembles, a significant step in quantum gamma-ray optics.

Findings

Demonstrated temporal compression of gamma-photons into ultrashort pulses

Proposed a resonant interaction method for waveform control

Enabled potential quantum interference effects at nuclear gamma-ray transitions

Abstract

An efficient method to coherently control the waveforms of gamma-photons has been proposed and experimentally realized. It is based on the resonant interaction of gamma-photons with an ensemble of nuclei with modulated frequency of the quantum transition. In particular, the temporal compression of an individual gamma-photon into coherent ultrashort pulse train has been demonstrated. The developed technique is expected to give a strong impetus on emerging fields of coherent and quantum gamma-optics, providing a basis for realization of the gamma-photon nuclear-ensemble interfaces and quantum interference effects at the nuclear gamma-ray transitions.