We use the Fourier-based coherent atomic transfer (CAT) function for EIT storage in a Λ atomic system to reconstruct an arbitrary pulse shape given the retrieved output using numerical deconvolution algorithms.
We report on the transfer of statistical characteristics from writing and reading coupling light to stored and retrieved probe light pulses in a Λ-type electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) scheme based on the 5S(1/2)-5P(1/2) transition of (87)Rb atoms. When the coherent probe laser pulse was stored in the EIT medium using the pseudo-thermal coupling light, the characteristics of the pseudo-thermal writing coupling light were transferred to the stored probe laser pulse because of the strong correlation between the probe and coupling light in the EIT medium. The photon number statistics of the retrieved probe light changed from Poisson distribution to Bose-Einstein distribution. Additionally, we measured the change in the properties of the retrieved light pulse due to the photon number statistics of the pseudo-thermal reading coupling light.
Partial Storage and Retrieval of a Light Pulse in a Cs Atomic Vapor with Λ-Type EIT
In this paper, we first present a full numerical simulation for the trapping and retrieval procedure of eight continuing 1 Guassian pulses (i.e., 11111111) in the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT)medium. This simulation shows that an EIT medium has the ability to store multiple light pulses in a shape-preserving way. And we also, for the first time, give the formula evaluating the maximum number of pulses that can be stored by an EIT medium at one time. This work reveals a new possible way to the reversible storage of the photonic information.