Optimization of slow and stored light in atomic vapor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6482, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Novikova, Irina ^a,b   Gorshkov, Alexey V ^c   Phillips, David F ^a   Xiao, Yanhong ^a   Klein, Mason ^a,c   Walsworth, Ronald L ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer gas; Electromagnetically induced transparency; Slow light; Stored light; Vapor cell

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

BUFFER GAS; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; SLOW LIGHT; STORED LIGHT; VAPOR CELLS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 34248654860     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.716400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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