Optimizing slow and stored light for multidisciplinary applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6904, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Klein, Mason ^a,b   Xiao, Yanhong ^a   Gorshkov, Alexey V ^b   Hohensee, Michael ^a,b   Leung, Cleo D ^a,b   Browning, Mark R ^a,b   Phillips, David F ^a   Novikova, Irina ^c   Walsworth, Ronald L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RUBIDIUM; VAPORS;

BUFFER GAS; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; OPTICAL DEPTH; SLOW LIGHT; STORED LIGHT; VAPOR CELL;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 40749134171     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.772216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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