Frontiers in Optics

Tunable Slow Light in Cesium Vapor

Aaron Schweinsberg, Ryan M. Camacho, Michael Vern Pack, Robert W. Boyd, John C. Howell

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations

Abstract

We obtain large fractional pulse delays in a Cesium vapor for a probe centered between two absorption resonances in the hyperfine structure. This delay can be tuned by applying pump fields to the absorption lines.

DOI: 10.1364/fio.2006.fws5

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