Stationary Light Pulses in Cold Atomic Media
Optics
2009-06-26 v1 Atomic Physics
Abstract
Stationary light pulses (SLPs), i.e., light pulses without motion, are formed via the retrieval of stored probe pulses with two counter-propagating coupling fields. We show that there exist non-negligible hybrid Raman excitations in media of cold atoms that prohibit the SLP formation. We experimentally demonstrate a method to suppress these Raman excitations and realize SLPs in laser-cooled atoms. Our work opens the way to SLP studies in cold as well as in stationary atoms and provides a new avenue to low-light-level nonlinear optics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0811.2830,
title = {Stationary Light Pulses in Cold Atomic Media},
author = {Wen-Te Liao and Yen-Wei Lin and Thorsten Peters and Hung-Chih Chou and Jian-Siung Wang and Pei-Chen Kuan and Ite A. Yu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.2830},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures