Coherent medium as a polarization splitter of pulses
Quantum Physics
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
We show how one can use the anisotropic properties of a coherent medium to separate temporally the two polarization components of a linearly polarized pulse. This is achieved by applying a control field such that one component of the pulse becomes ultraslow while the other component's group velocity is almost unaffected by the medium. We present analytical and numerical results to support the functioning of such a coherent medium as a polarization splitter of pulses.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0201092,
title = {Coherent medium as a polarization splitter of pulses},
author = {G. S. Agarwal and Shubhrangshu Dasgupta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0201092},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 5 figures, typos corrected, added reference, resubmitted to Phys. Rev. A