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Frontiers in Optics

A THz-bandwidth molecular memory for light

Philip J. Bustard, Duncan G. England, Rune Lausten, Benjamin Sussman

Published Jan 1, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate a memory for light based on storing photons in the vibrations of hydrogen molecules. The THz-bandwidth memory is used to store 100-fs pulses for durations up to ~ 1ns, enabling ~ 104 operational time bins.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2014.lth1i.2

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