Slow light with integrated gain and large pulse delay

被引：57

作者：

Novikova, Irina

Phillips, David F.

Walsworth, Ronald L.

机构：

[1] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Coll William & Mary, Dept Phys, Williamsburg, VA 23185 USA

[3] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2007年 / 99卷 / 17期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.173604

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate slow and stored light in Rb vapor with a combination of desirable features: minimal loss and distortion of the pulse shape, and large fractional delay (> 10). This behavior is enabled by (i) a group index that can be controllably varied during light pulse propagation, and (ii) controllable gain integrated into the medium to compensate for pulse loss. Any medium with the above two characteristics should be able to realize similarly high- performance slow light.

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