Title :
Guiding of light in an ultracold, anisotropic medium
Author :
Vengalattore, Mukund ; Prentiss, Mara
Author_Institution :
Jefferson Lab., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Guiding of a weak probe beam in an ultracold, anisotropic medium is demonstrated. The guide can be tuned by dressing the atoms with a strong pump. This medium is also used to realize a fast, all-optical switch.
Keywords :
anisotropic media; laser cooling; laser tuning; optical fibres; optical pumping; optical switches; radiation pressure; all-optical switch; anisotropic medium; atom dressing; light guiding; light tuning; optical pump; ultracold medium; weak probe beam; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical solitons; Optical variables control;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548823
