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Physical Review A

Recoil-induced resonances in the high-gain regime

Mukund Vengalattore, Mara Goff Prentiss

Published Aug 1, 2005• 15 citations
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Abstract

An optically dense, anisotropic cloud of ultracold atoms is used to observe recoil-induced resonances in the high-gain regime. Optical gains as large as 30 are realized, limited primarily by pump depletion. We demonstrate a light-amplified all-optical switch based on this effect. The switch exhibits contrasts exceeding 35 dB.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.72.021401

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