Transporting and Time Reversing Light via Atomic Coherence

A. S. Zibrov; A. B. Matsko; O. Kocharovskaya; Y. V. Rostovtsev; G. R. Welch; M. O. Scully

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.103601

Transporting and Time Reversing Light via Atomic Coherence

A. S. Zibrov, A. B. Matsko, O. Kocharovskaya, Y. V. Rostovtsev, G. R. Welch, and M. O. Scully

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 103601 – Published 26 February 2002

Abstract

We study basic issues central to the storage of quantum information in a coherently prepared atomic medium such as the role of adiabaticity. We also propose and demonstrate transporting, multiplexing, and time reversing of stored light.

Received 22 February 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.103601

Authors & Affiliations

A. S. Zibrov^1,2, A. B. Matsko¹, O. Kocharovskaya^1,3, Y. V. Rostovtsev¹, G. R. Welch¹, and M. O. Scully^1,4

¹Department of Physics and Institute for Quantum Studies, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242
²P. N. Lebedev Institute of Physics, Moscow, 117924, Russia
³Institute of Applied Physics, RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
⁴Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748 Garching, Germany