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Optics Letters

Frequency-selective time-domain optical data storage by electromagnetically induced transparency in a rare-earth-doped solid

Byoung Seung HAM, M. S. Shahriar, M. K. Kim, Philip Hemmer

Published Dec 15, 1997• 139 citations
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Abstract

We report the experimental observation of optical data storage by frequency-selective stimulated spin echoes based on electromagnetically induced transparency in an inhomogeneously broadened rare-earth-doped solid. We find that the spin dephasing time T(2) is almost constant in the range 2-6 K, whereas the optical T(2) shortens rapidly above 4 K. This experiment demonstrates the potential of spin echoes excited by electromagnetically induced transparency for higher-capacity optical data storage at higher temperature.

DOI
10.1364/ol.22.001849

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