Stationary light pulses in ultra cold atomic gasses

Kristian Rymann Hansen; Klaus Molmer

Stationary light pulses in ultra cold atomic gasses

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Authors: Kristian Rymann Hansen , Klaus Molmer

Abstract

We present a theoretical treatment of electromagnetically induced transparency and light storage using standing wave coupling fields in a medium comprised of stationary atoms, such as an ultra cold atomic gas or a solid state medium. We show that it is possible to create stationary pulses of light which have a qualitatively different behavior than in the case of a thermal gas medium, offering greater potential for quantum information processing applications.

Keywords

ultracold atoms in optical lattices light propagation and speed of light laser physics

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0611073,
  title  = {Stationary light pulses in ultra cold atomic gasses},
  author = {Kristian Rymann Hansen and Klaus Molmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0611073},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures

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