Frontiers in Optics

Coherent backscattering via ultra slow light

Yuri V. Rostovtsev, Zoe‐Elizabeth Sariyanni, Marlan O. Scully

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations

Abstract

We demonstrate a strong coherent backward wave oscillation using forward propagating fields only. This is achieved by applying laser fields to an ultra-dispersive medium with proper chosen detunings and an appropriate spatial phase to excite a molecular vibrational coherence that corresponds to a backward propagating wave. This leads to new possibilities of controling phase-matching direction as well as having phase-matching simultaneously in forward and backward directions. It has applications to generation of entangled photon state.

DOI: 10.1364/ls.2006.lwc2

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