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Optics Letters

Random access processing of optical memory by use of photon-echo interference effects

Mark F. Arend, E. Block, Sven R. Hartmann

Published Nov 1, 1993• 15 citations
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Abstract

Photon-echo interference effects are used to manipulate the amplitude and polarization of a single echo generated by the read pulse in a long-lived stimulated echo pulse sequence. Interference is selective in time, frequency, and space, permitting modification of the multiplexed echo code.
DOI
10.1364/ol.18.001789

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