English

Slow and stored light and optical depth

Quantum Physics 2008-08-01 v1

Abstract

We present a preliminary experimental study of the dependence on optical depth of slow and stored light pulses in Rb vapor. In particular, we characterize the efficiency of slow and stored light as a function of Rb density; pulse duration, delay and storage time; and control field intensity. Experimental results are in good qualitative agreement with theoretical calculations based on a simplified three-level model at moderate densities.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.0807.4941,
  title  = {Slow and stored light and optical depth},
  author = {M. Klein and Y. Xiao and A. V. Gorshkov and M. Hohensee and C. D. Leung and M. R. Browning and D. F. Phillips and I. Novikova and R. L. Walsworth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.4941},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

9 pages, 6 figures; small modifications (including title) from published version

R2 v1 2026-06-21T11:06:05.872Z