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Amplification and storage of light carrying orbital angular momentum via magnetically assisted gain in cold atoms

Raoni S. N. Moreira, J. C. de Aquino Carvalho, J. W. R. Tabosa

Published Dec 8, 2022• 6 citations
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Abstract We report on the amplification and the storage of a light vortex beam carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) in an ensemble of cold cesium atoms in the presence of an external transverse magnetic field. This magnetically assisted optical gain was previously reported in a recent publication and originates from the manipulation of the induced dark state by the external magnetic field. Single pass optical gain exceeding 100 % was measured for beams with different topological charges. Furthermore, we also demonstrate the storage and retrieval of the vortex beams, showing that the amplification and the storage processes preserve the coherent nature of the optical vortex. A simple theoretical model based on density matrix numeric calculation and which accounts for the presence of the external magnetic field was developed and present qualitative agreement with the observed results. Owing to the recent proposal of using light carrying OAM for efficient data transmission systems, we believe our results could find application in communications protocols involving distant nodes.

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10.1088/2040-8986/aca9dd

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Abstract We report on the amplification and the storage of a light vortex beam carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) in an ensemble of cold cesium atoms in the presence of an external transverse magnetic field. This magnetically assisted optical gain was previously reported in a recent publication and originates from the manipulation of the induced dark state by the external magnetic field. Single pass optical gain exceeding 100 % was measured for beams with different topological charges. Furthermore, we also demonstrate the storage and retrieval of the vortex beams, showing that the amplification and the storage processes preserve the coherent nature of the optical vortex. A simple theoretical model based on density matrix numeric calculation and which accounts for the presence of the external magnetic field was developed and present qualitative agreement with the observed results. Owing to the recent proposal of using light carrying OAM for efficient data transmission systems, we believe our results could find application in communications protocols involving distant nodes.
Structured light associated with Laguerre-Gauss (LG) modes carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) is an important tool in many different areas, ranging from optical tweezers to classical and quantum communication systems [1]. In this work we demonstrated the amplification and the storage of light with OAM employing the magnetically assisted gain mechanism. This gain mechanism is based on the manipulation of the dark-state created by a coupling and a probe beam in the Zeeman sublevels of a degenerate two-level system and can provide single-pass optical gain exceeding 100% [2], [3].
The paper reports on the storage of superposition of orbital angular momentum (OAM) states, as well as its manipulation through an applied transverse magnetic field. In the experiment , Zeeman sublevels of the degenerate two-level system is used. In another series of experiments,an external dc magnetic field is applied, nearly orthogonal to the plane defined by the incident beams. In this case,a series of collapses and revivals of the stored Zeeman coherence is observed. These observations demonstrate that superposition of OAM states can be stored into the atomic ensemble, and also the reversible transfer of OAM between light and atoms. Moreover, it also shows that the stored OAM can be manipulated with an external magnetic field.
Summary form only given. Light beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) have attracted a great interest owing to their several applications ranging from the mechanical manipulation of macroscopic particles to the encoding of quantum information [1]. A well-known family of these beams is constituted by Laguerre-Gaussian modes specified by a topological charge ℓ, which gives to the mode a hélicoïdal phase structure and a corresponding OAM per photon equal to ℓħ. The nonlinear interaction of these beams with atomic systems has been investigated via four-wave mixing processes and the corresponding conservation of OAM demonstrated both in cold and thermal atoms [2]. The storage of OAM in cold and thermal atomic ensembles was also previously demonstrated [3].Differently from the previous observations, in this work we demonstrate that the stored OAM of a light beam can be retrieved along a nearly non-collinear direction with a reasonable fidelity. The experiment is performed in cold cesium atoms obtained from a MOT, using a delayed FWM configuration. Light beams with topological charges ℓ=0,1,2,3, produced by a spatial light modulator (SLM) are incident into the medium along the z direction, as shown in the simplified experimental scheme depicted in Fig. 1 (A). The frequency of the beams is resonant with the transition 6S1/2, F=3 - 6P3/2, F=2. The phase structure of the beam carrying OAM is stored into the Zeeman coherence grating induced by the incident writing beams W and W' that form a small angle (~ή between them and have opposite circular polarization. The writing beams are kept on for a period long enough to create a stationary Zeeman coherence grating and then are switched off. After the storage time, a reading beam R, counter-propagating and with opposite circular polarization to the writing beam W, is turned on and the retrieved beam (C), whose propagation direction is determined by the phase matching condition is monitored by a CCD camera. In Fig. 1(B) (a, b) we show images of the incident beams (W) intensity for the cases ℓ=1,2. In Fig. 1B (c, d) the corresponding images of the retrieved C beams. In order to determine the topological charges of the beams we create interference with a reference Gaussian beam. Fig 1(B) (e,f) and (g,h), show the interferograms for the incident (W) and the retrieved (C) beams respectively. Considering the detection geometry we conclude that the incident and retrieved beams carry the same OAM. These results clearly demonstrate that for small angles between W and W' beams, the OAM stored along the z direction can ben retrieved along the non-collinear direction z'. Additional results concerning the conservationof OAM as well as the manipulation of the stored OAM by a magnetic field will also be presented.
We report on the observation of laser oscillation using the magnetically assisted gain in an ensemble of coherently prepared cold cesium atoms. This gain mechanism was recently demonstrated and is based on the modification of the Zeeman populations and coherences induced by a coupling and a probe beams by the presence of a transverse magnetic field. We have also investigated the enhancement of the gain due to the presence of a resonant ring cavity having different finesses. In the case of a low-finesse cavity operating below threshold, a 14-fold gain enhancement, in comparison with the single-pass gain, was measured and, finally, the system showed laser oscillation when a higher-finesse cavity was used. The present demonstration of laser oscillation constitutes an unconventional kind of lasing without inversion which is based on the manipulation of the dark state by an external magnetic field.