Title :
Comparison of light storage in fast- and slow-light atomic media
Author :
Akulshin, Alexander M. ; Lezama, Arturo ; Sidorov, Andrei I. ; Orr, Blake ; McLean, Russell J. ; Hannaford, Peter
Author_Institution :
Centre for Atom Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Hawthorn, VIC
Abstract :
We have found that storage and retrieval of optical pulses in fast-light and slow-light atomic media with ground-state Zeeman coherence are surprisingly similar despite different optical properties.
Keywords :
Zeeman effect; atom-photon collisions; high-speed optical techniques; optical storage; fast-light atomic media; ground-state Zeeman coherence; optical pulses retrieval; optical pulses storage; slow-light atomic media; Atom optics; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Lighting control; Optical distortion; Optical propagation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Probes; Resonance; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519292
