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Frontiers in Optics

Transfer and Storage of Optical Information in a Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate

Azure Hansen, L. Suzanne Leslie, Mishkatul Bhattacharya, N. P. Bigelow

Published Jan 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate the transfer, storage and retrieval of optical information in a spinor condensate using a two-photon Raman technique. The stored information is read out by reapplying one of the two Raman beams.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2010.ltuj1

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