Optimizing slow and stored light for multidisciplinary applications
Mason Klein, Yanhong Xiao, Alexey Vyacheslavovich Gorshkov +6 more
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.
Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE•Jan 10, 2008•8 citations