Advanced Photonics

Enhanced Echo Retrieval Efficiency Using Ultraslow Light

Joonsung Hahn, Byoung Seung HAM

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations

Abstract

Using ultraslow light phenomenon, we report two-orders of magnitude enhanced photon echo efficiency in a rare-earth doped solid medium, where the enhancement is due to lengthened photon-atom interaction time in a dilute optical medium.

DOI: 10.1364/sl.2011.slmc7

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