Optimization of slow and stored light in atomic vapor

Irina Novikova; Alexey V. Gorshkov; David F. Phillips; Yanhong Xiao; Mason Klein; Ronald L. Walsworth

doi:10.1117/12.716400

Optimization of slow and stored light in atomic vapor

Irina Novikova, Alexey V. Gorshkov, David F. Phillips, Yanhong Xiao, Mason Klein, Ronald L. Walsworth

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Abstract

We present a preliminary experimental study of optimized slow and stored light pulses in Rb vapor cells. We study the efficiency of light storage as a function of pulse duration, storage time, retrieval field intensity, etc. We demonstrate a procedure based on time reversal for the optimization of the efficiency for storage of light in atomic ensembles suggested in a recent theoretical paper [A.V. Gorshkov et al., e-print archive quant-ph/0604037 (2006)]. Experimental results are in a good qualitative agreement with theoretical calculations based on a simplified three-level model.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Advanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing IV
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.716400
State	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	Advanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing IV - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: Jan 24 2007 → Jan 25 2007

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6482
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Other

Other	Advanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing IV
Country	United States
City	San Jose, CA
Period	1/24/07 → 1/25/07

Keywords

Buffer gas
Electromagnetically induced transparency
Slow light
Stored light
Vapor cell

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Optimization of slow and stored light in atomic vapor. / Novikova, Irina; Gorshkov, Alexey V.; Phillips, David F.; Xiao, Yanhong; Klein, Mason; Walsworth, Ronald L.

Advanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing IV. 2007. 64820M (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6482).

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Novikova, I, Gorshkov, AV, Phillips, DF, Xiao, Y, Klein, M & Walsworth, RL 2007, Optimization of slow and stored light in atomic vapor. in Advanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing IV., 64820M, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 6482, Advanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing IV, San Jose, CA, United States, 1/24/07. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.716400

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