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Physical Review Letters

Transporting and Time Reversing Light via Atomic Coherence

Alexander S. Zibrov, Andrey B. Matsko, Olga A. Kocharovskaya, Yuri V. Rostovtsev, George R. Welch, Marlan O. Scully

Published Feb 26, 2002• 207 citations
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Abstract

We study basic issues central to the storage of quantum information in a coherently prepared atomic medium such as the role of adiabaticity. We also propose and demonstrate transporting, multiplexing, and time reversing of stored light.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.88.103601

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