Photon Wave-packet Manipulation via Dynamic Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Multilayer Structures
Quantum Physics
2013-05-29 v2
Abstract
We present a Maxwell-Bloch description of the dynamics of a light pulse propagating through a spatially inhomogeneous system consisting of alternating layers of EIT media and vacuum. We study the effect of a dynamical modulation of the EIT control field on the shape of the wave packet: interesting effects due to the presence of interfaces with group velocity mismatch are found. An effective description based on a continuity equation is developed. Modulation schemes that can be realized in ultracold atomic samples with standard experimental techniques are proposed and discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0908.0243,
title = {Photon Wave-packet Manipulation via Dynamic Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Multilayer Structures},
author = {Francesco Bariani and Iacopo Carusotto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.0243},
year = {2013}
}