Synthetic gauge potentials for the dark state polaritons in atomic media

TL;DR

This paper proposes an optical method to generate synthetic gauge potentials for dark state polaritons, enabling simulation of magnetic fields and quantum Hall effects in atomic media without mechanical rotation.

Contribution

It introduces a novel optical scheme for creating effective gauge potentials for stationary-light polaritons, expanding possibilities for quantum simulation in atomic systems.

Findings

Demonstrates recipes for dark state polaritons in Landau levels

Shows how to realize driven quantum harmonic oscillators

Enables exploration of bosonic fractional quantum Hall effects

Abstract

The quest of utilizing neutral particles to simulate the behaviour of charged particles in a magnetic field makes the generation of artificial magnetic field of great interest. The previous and the only proposal for the production of synthetic magnetic field for the dark state polaritons in electromagnetically induced transparency invokes the mechanical rotation of a sample. Here, we put forward an optical scheme to generate effective gauge potentials for stationary-light polaritons. 5To demonstrate the capabilities of our approach, we present recipes for having dark state polaritons in degenerate Landau levels and in driven quantum harmonic oscillator. Our scheme paves a novel way towards the investigation of the bosonic analogue of the fractional quantum Hall effect by electromagnetically induced transparency.