Optical control of diffuse light storage in an ultracold atomic gas

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1459-1466

  Gerasimov, Leonid V ^a   Sokolov, Igor M ^a,b   Kupriyanov, Dmitriy V ^a   Olave, Rocio G ^c   Havey, Mark D ^c  

^a PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METALS; COHERENT SCATTERING;

ATOMIC GAS; ATOMIC MEDIA; ATOMIC MOTION; ATOMIC SYSTEM; ATOMIC VAPOR; CONTROL FIELDS; DIFFUSE LIGHT; LIGHT PULSE PROPAGATING; MULTIPLE LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL CONTROL; QUANTUM MEMORIES; SHORT TIME SCALE; SIGNAL PULSE; SPIN COHERENCE; STIMULATED RAMAN; ULTRA LOW TEMPERATURES; ULTRA-COLD; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

ATOMS;

EID: 79958817882     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001459     Document Type: Article

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