Manipulating the retrieval of stored light pulses (4 pages)

Y.-F. Chen, Cong‐Yi Wang, S.-H. Wang

Yong-Fan Chen, Ite A. Yu

Yong-Fan Chen, Yuchen Liu, Zen-Hsiang Tsai +2 more

Yong‐Fan Chen, Shih-Hao Wang, Chang-Yi Wang +1 more

We have systematically studied the method proposed by Patnaik et al. [Phys. Rev. A 69, 035803 (2004)] that manipulates the retrieval of stored light pulses. The measured probe pulse width of the retrieval is inversely proportional to the intensity of the reading field. We also show that the method does not introduce any phase shift or jump into the retrieved pulses. Our study demonstrates that the distortion at the output of the light storage can be corrected by manipulating the retrieval process and the phase information of the stored pulses can remain intact during the process.

R. Bullough, H. M. Gibbs

Yong-Fan Chen, Ite A. Yu

We have experimentally demonstrated that the width, frequency, and polarization of stored light pulses can be manipulated by controlling the retrieval process. The manipulation of stored light pulses may facilitate the application of optical communications.