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Nonlinear Optics

Coherent Photon Echo Gain in a Slow Light Regime

Joonsung Hahn, Byoung Seung HAM

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

In a spectral hole-burning-based ultraslow-light regime, a few hundred times enhanced photon echoes are observed, where the slow light plays a role to break the critical constraint of ultralow echo efficiency in conventional photon echoes.
DOI
10.1364/isom_ods.2011.owc3

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