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arXiv:quant-ph/0611097 · Physical Review Letters

Ultraslow Propagation of Squeezed Vacuum Pulses with Electromagnetically Induced Transparency

Daisuke Akamatsu, Yoshihiko Yokoi, Manabu Arikawa, Satoshi Nagatsuka, Takahito Tanimura, Akira Furusawa, Mikio Kozuma

Published Oct 10, 2007• 54 citations
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Abstract

We have succeeded in observing ultraslow propagation of squeezed vacuum pulses with electromagnetically induced transparency. Squeezed vacuum pulses (probe lights) were incident on a laser-cooled 87Rb gas together with an intense coherent light (control light). A homodyne method sensitive to the vacuum state was employed for detecting the probe pulse passing through the gas. A delay of 3.1 micros was observed for the probe pulse having a temporal width of 10 micros.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.99.153602

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