• DocumentCode
    444095
  • Title

    Slow light dynamics in warm rubidium vapor

  • Author

    Bashkansky, Mark ; Beadie, Guy ; Dutton, Zachary ; Fatemi, Fredrik ; Reintjes, John ; Steiner, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Opt. Sci., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    217
  • Abstract
    We study slow light dynamics in Rb vapor cell. We present data showing significant pulse reshaping when the bandwidth of the pulses is increased. We present a model that qualitatively explains the observed behavior.
  • Keywords
    atom-photon collisions; optical coherent transients; optical pulse shaping; optical solitons; rubidium; Rb; coherent optical effects; optical solitons; pulse propagation; pulse reshaping; slow light dynamics; warm rubidium vapor cell; Atomic beams; Delay; Optical attenuators; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Probes; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Slow light; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548732
  • Filename
    1548732